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Statue of Winfield Scott Hancock, Hancock Park, New York City, February 12, 1902.

1902

Winfield Scott Hancock Statue

Statue of Winfield Scott Hancock, Hancock Park, New York City, February 12, 1902.

IMAGE DATE1902
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The Winfield Scott Hancock Statue commemorates the United States Army Officer and presidential nominee who fought in numerous wars including the Mexican War, Seminole War, and Civil War.

The Board of Aldermen dedicated this recently acquired plot of land to the war hero in 1886. Sculptor James Wilson Alexander MacDonald likely based this piece on a plaster mask taken of Hancock the year he ran for president. A smaller casting is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.

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