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:''For other uses, see'' George Washington (disambiguation). ''George Washington'' (1840) is a massive sculpture by Horatio Greenough commissioned for the centennial of U.S President George Washington's birth in February 22, 1732. ==Description== Horatio Greenough based “Enthroned Washington” on Phidias' great statue of ''Zeus Olympios'' which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (and which was destroyed in late Antiquity). The seated and sandal wearing Washington gazes sternly ahead. He is bare-chested and his right arm and hand gesture with upraised index finger toward heaven. His left palm and forearm cradle a sheathed sword, hilt forward, symbolizing Washington turning over power to the people at the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War. The rear base of the statue features a Latin inscription, which reads: AD MAGNUM LIBERTATIS EXEMPLUM NEC SINE IPSA DURATURUM HORATIUS GREENOUGH FACIEBAT''〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=George Washington, (sculpture). )〕 The translation is: "Horatio Greenough made this image as a great example of freedom, and will not survive without freedom itself." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Washington (Greenough)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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