Thomas Crawford (1813–1857) was the first American sculptor to study in Italy for an extended period of time. There, along with other artists—Greenough, Story, and Powers—he was part of a group that made prolific contributions to American neoclassical art. He is best known as the sculptor of much of the statuary and bas-reliefs of our nationÆs Capitol: the pediment figures over the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and the bronze Freedom atop the CapitolÆs dome. In writing this biography, Robert Gale was given exclusive access to all of CrawfordÆs personal papers by the sculptorÆs granddaughter. An appendix lists extant works of Crawford and where they are found, and several plates illustrate his sculpture.

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Excerpt from Thomas Crawford: His Career, Character, and Works; An Eulogy AT the regular monthly meeting of the Century, held at the Club House, November 7th, 1857, Mr. T. P. Rossi ter announced the recent decease of Thomas Crawford. At the instance of Messrs. C. M. Leupp, and O. 8. Strong, a committee was appointed, of which Dr. Thomas Ward was Chairman, to report appropriate resolutions, and to invite some member of the Club to prepare a discourse in commemoration of the artist. On the evening of Decem ber 5th, 1857, the Committee reported a series of resolu tions, and announced that Thomas Hicks had accepted an invitation to deliver the Address, which he accordingly read before the members of the Club and their friends, on Tuesday evening, January 26th, 1858. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.