Statue of George Washington (Austin, Texas) - Sculpture

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George Washington is an outdoor 1955 bronze sculpture by Italian American artist Pompeo Coppini, located on the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, in the United States.[1]

George Washington
The statue in front of the Main Building, 2015

Artist	Pompeo Coppini
Year	1955 (1955)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Bronze
Subject	George Washington
Location	Austin, Texas, United States
Coordinates	30.28491°N 97.739513°W / 30.28491; -97.739513

Background

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Coppini sculpted three distinct statues of Washington. The first was installed in 1912 in Mexico City. The second was created to commemorate the 1926 sesquicentennial of the Declaration of Independence and was dedicated in Portland in 1927. The third statue was installed in February 1955 on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.

References

McCann, Mac (May 29, 2015). "Written in Stone: History of racism lives on in UT monuments". Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

External links

Media related to George Washington (Coppini, 1955) at Wikimedia Commons

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Coins	Texas Centennial half dollar (1934)
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