Washakie_(McGary)

Statue of Washakie

Statue of Washakie

American sculpture series


The sculptor David McGary has created a standing statue of Chief Washakie, leader of the Shoshone people, in multiple versions, as well as an equestrian statue (titled Battle of Two Hearts) of the same subject.

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Washington, D.C.

One bronze sculpture is installed in the United States Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of Wyoming in 2000.[1]

Wyoming

Statue on the University of Wyoming campus, 2005

In Cheyenne, Wyoming, a statue of Washakie by McGary (a duplicate of the one in the U.S. Capitol) is at located at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.[2] This sculpture was installed in 2001.[3]

Another statue is at Fort Washakie on the Wind River Indian Reservation, near Fort Washakie, Wyoming.[4]

Another sculpture by McGary, a 24-foot sculpture entitled Battle of Two Hearts, executed in bronze, was installed at the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie, Wyoming in 2005. It depicted a mounted Washakie at the Battle of Crowheart Butte.[5]

See also


References

  1. "Washakie". Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. Statue of Chief Washakie unveiled, placed in Capitol, Associated Press (February 21, 2001).
  3. University of Wyoming unveils Chief Washakie sculpture, Indian Country Today (October 13, 2005).

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