John C. Calhoun | |
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Artist | Frederick Ruckstull |
Medium | Marble sculpture |
Subject | John C. Calhoun |
Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
John C. Calhoun is a marble sculpture depicting the American statesman of the same name by Frederick Ruckstull, installed in the United States Capitol's crypt, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of South Carolina in 1910. [1]
The statue is one of three that Ruckstull has had placed in the Collection. [2]
Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, German: Friedrich Ruckstuhl was a French-born American sculptor and art critic.
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