George Robert White Memorial

George Robert White Memorial
The memorial in 2014
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

The George Robert White Memorial, also known as The Spirit of Giving, is an outdoor memorial commemorating George Robert White by artist Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon, installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The 1924 bronze sculpture depicts an allegorical winged female on a Rockport granite base, above an elliptical-shaped granite and pebble fountain. It was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.^[1]

References

^ "George Robert White Memorial, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved October 9, 2019.

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Medals	Pulitzer Prize (1917)
Museums	Chesterwood
Related	Henry Flagg French (father) William M.R. French (brother) William M. Richardson (grandfather) Audrey Munson (model) Berkshire Playhouse National Sculpture Society Minute Man National Historical Park Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor (2022 documentary)

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Key: † No longer extant or on public display

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