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PARK AND CEMETERY 
Some Notable Honuments Recently Dedicated. 
There was unveiled in Lincoln Park, Chicago, 
on Saturday afternoon, June 6, a statue of one of 
the most noted men of our early statehood, and one 
to whom, notwithstanding his patriotism and power, 
comparatively few memorials have been erected — 
Benjamin Franklin. The event was made one to be 
recorded, and the work of the man and his great 
ability were set forth from eloquent lips and will go 
down as present day estimates of the position of 
the man in his country’s early development. 
The monument was the gift of Joseph Medill, 
of the Chicago T^'ibiine to the city of Chicago, and 
in this connection it may be stated that it is the 
second statue to Franklin erected by a newspaper 
man, the first being that in Washington given to 
that city by the proprietor of the Washington Post. 
The accompanying illustration, from a photo- 
graph taken of the statue as it stands in the park, 
requires little to describe it. It is simple, yet ex- 
pressive. The figure is taken from authentic por- 
traits and established data; the pedestal is grace 
ful in its excellent proportions. 
Altogether it may be pronoun- 
ced a splendid addition to Chi- 
cago’s rapidly growing list of 
good statuary. 
The bronze figure stands 9 
feet 6 inches in height, and was 
modelled by Richard H. Parks, 
of Chicago, and cast by the 
American Bronze Co. The ped- 
estal is of Barre granite, fine 
hammered throughout. The 
total height of the pedestal is 
thirteen feet and the bottom 
base is twelve feet square. 
Illustrated on the next page 
is the bronze equestrian statue 
of General William Henry 
Harrison, which was unveiled 
at Cincinnati, O., on Decorat- 
ion day. It shows General 
Harrison in the regular military 
dress of his time, wearing his 
chapeau and with drawn sword, 
in the act of reviewing his 
troops on the eve of a battle. 
The bronze horse and rider 
measure from the base to the 
top of chapeau fourteen feet in 
height. The pedestal, which 
is of Barre granite, measures 
thirteen feet from the ground to 
the plinth of the statue, and 
the bottom base is 22 ft. by 15 
ft. 6 in. On the south side of the 
pedestal, in sunkenletters, is the 
name “William Henry Harri- 
son’’ and on the north side 
“Ohio’s First President.” 
A competition for this work 
was inaugurated in 1886, and 
the time for receiving models 
for the monument was finally set for September 
loth,, 1887. Premiums were offered for the first 
three models chosen by the committee, and after 
due consideration of all the proposals tendered, the 
work was finally awarded to Louis F. Rebisso, 
sculptor, who also executed the commission for th^ 
STATUE OF BENJAMIN FKANKLIN, LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO. 
