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Abraham Lincoln (1920) is a colossal seated figure of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) sculpted by Daniel Chester French (1850–1931) and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. It is situated in the Lincoln Memorial (constructed 1914–22) on the National Mall Washington D.C. USA and was unveiled in 1922. Stylistically the work follows in the Beaux Arts and American Renaissance traditions.

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