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Statue of John Hanson information


John Hanson
ArtistRichard E. Brooks
MediumBronze sculpture
SubjectJohn Hanson

John Hanson is a bronze statue by Richard E. Brooks of Founding Father John Hanson, installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of Maryland.[1]

Though the statue is dated 1902 the work was unveiled on unveiled January 31, 1903 by Maryland Senator George Louis Wellington.[2] The work depicts Hanson in Colonial era garb wearing a tricorn hat with a cane in his left hand.[3]

  1. ^ Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 210
  2. ^ Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 42–43
  3. ^ Brooks, Richard Edwin (10 May 2018). "John Hanson" – via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.

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