BiblioMarket: The tale of Horatio Greenough’s 1840 statue of George Washington was quite storied. The 12-ton statue was too heavy to be placed in the Capitol rotunda. It was ultimately placed outside where the public took a disliking to it as it was too scandalous. https://t.co/S0EsPHB3Tk …

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The tale of Horatio Greenough’s 1840 statue of George Washington was quite storied. The 12-ton statue was too heavy to be placed in the Capitol rotunda. It was ultimately placed outside where the public took a disliking to it as it was too scandalous. https://t.co/S0EsPHB3Tk …

The tale of Horatio Greenough’s 1840 statue of George Washington was quite storied. The 12-ton statue was too heavy to be placed in the Capitol rotunda. It was ultimately placed outside where the public took a disliking to it as it was too scandalous. https://t.co/S0EsPHB3Tk …
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