Fitz-Greene Halleck

New York, United States of America

An outdoor bronze sculpture of Fitz-Greene Halleck by James Wilson Alexander MacDonald is installed in Central Park in Manhattan, New York. Commissioned by William Cullen Bryant and James Grant Wilson following Halleck's death in 1867, the statue was cast in 1876 and installed in 1877, becoming the

first in Central Park depicting an American. An estimated 10,000 people attended its dedication on May 15, 1877.

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