Richard Morris Hunt Memorial

Artist: French, Daniel Chester

With: Bruce Price, Architect

Status: In Situ and Within Central Park

Title: Richard Morris Hunt Memorial

Dates: 1898

Medium: Bronze and granite

Dimensions: Total H: 13 ft. W: 31 ft. ; Bust H: 2 ft. 6 in.; Figure proper right H: 6 ft. 6 in.; Figure proper left H: 6 ft. 7½ in.

Inscription:“TO RICHARD MORRIS HUNT / OCTOBER 31, 1828 / JULY 31, 1895 / IN RECOGNITION / OF HIS SERVICES TO / THE CAUSE OF ART / IN AMERICA / THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED 1898 BY / THE ART SOCIETIES/ OF NEW YORK”

“THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION / THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY / THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART / THE ARTIST ARTISANS OF NEW YORK / THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE / NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY / NATIONAL
ACADEMY OF DESIGN / SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS / AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS / AMERICAN WATERCOLOR SOCIETY / SOCIETY OF BEAUX ARTS ARCHITECTS”