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  • Sculptor: Gaetano Russo
  • Description: Standing figue (colossal scale) on rostral column on pedestal, base, and plinth; pedestal figure of a winged youth examining a globe; two bas-reliefs on base
  • Materials: Figures--Carrara marble; Column---granite; Rostra and bas-reliefs---bronze
  • Cast: 1892
  • Dedicated: October 12, 1892
  • Foundry: Nelli, Rome
  • Donor: Italian Americans led by Carlo Barsotti, publisher, Il Progresso Italo Americano

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