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Four Eagles

  • Sculptor: Frederick William MacMonnies
  • Architect: Stanford White
  • Description: Four columns, each with four small eagles surmounting globes at middle sections and one large eagle surmounting globe at top
  • Materials: Granite, bronze
  • Cast: ca. 1901
  • Dedicated: 1901
  • Donor: Purchase

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