Statue of Rosa Parks (U.S. Capitol)
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Year | 2013 |
Medium | Bronze sculpture |
Subject | Rosa Parks |
Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
Rosa Parks is a 2013 bronze sculpture depicting the African-American civil rights activist of the same name, installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, as part of the collection of the Architect of the Capitol. The statue was sculpted by Eugene Daub and co-designed by Rob Firmin.[1] It is the only statue in the Hall not linked with a state, and the first full-length statue of an African American in the Capitol.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Rosa Parks". Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
Categories:
- 2013 establishments in Washington, D.C.
- 2013 sculptures
- Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
- Memorials to Rosa Parks
- Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
- National Statuary Hall Collection
- Sculptures of African-Americans
- Sculptures of women in Washington, D.C.
- Statues in Washington, D.C.
- Sculpture stubs
- Washington, D.C., stubs