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The Statue of the Republic is a gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois. It is a smaller-scale replica constructed in 1918 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where the original statue was, and commemorates the Illinois statehood centennial. The statue was funded by the Benjamin Ferguson Fund, which commissioned Daniel Chester French, the sculptor of the original statue that stood on the grounds of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, to sculpt this replica. Henry Bacon, the architect of the Lincoln Memorial, designed the festooned pedestal for the replica statue.〔Ira J. Bach and Mary Lackritz Gray, ''A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture'', Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983〕 The statue's right hand holds a globe; an eagle with wings spread perches on it. The other hand grasps a staff with a plaque that reads "", partly obscured by an encircling laurel wreath. The original at the Exposition had instead a Phyrigian cap on top of the staff. The original was only partly gilded (no gold on the exposed skin of the head, neck and arms), but the new version is completely gilded.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hydepark.org/parks/jpac/jprepublic.htm )〕 The original statue for the Exposition, constructed in 1893, stood in front of the Court of Honor, inside the Great Basin (pool).〔Original photo〕〔 However, in 1896 the statue succumbed to a fire, destroying it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daniel Chester French: ''The Republic'' )〕 The current statue stands in the area between the exposition's Electricity and Administration Buildings〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hydepark.org/historicpres/ColumbianExp.htm#map ) The new statue is in the northern triangle.〕 (both demolished after the exposition), now an intersection, where Richards Drive joins Hayes Drive. The statue is widely known in Chicago by the colloquial name of the "Golden Lady."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jackson Park )〕 It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 4, 2003.〔 ==References== 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「Statue of the Republic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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