ABOUT DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
Sculptor who created the Lincoln Memorial statue of Lincoln in a chair, he was one of the most prolific American sculptors of the 19th century.
He spent a year studying sculpture in Florence, Italy with the sculptor Thomas Ball .
He was one of the founding members of the National Sculpture Society.
Daniel's parents were Anne Richardson and Henry Flagg French.
He was a friend and neighbor of Ralph Waldo Emerson .
