Statue of Brigham Young

Statue in the United States Capitol

Not to be confused with Brigham Young Monument.

Brigham Young

The statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection

Artist| Mahonri Young
Medium| Marble sculpture
Subject| Brigham Young
Location| Washington, D.C., United States

Brigham Young is a marble statue by Mahonri Young representing the Mormon religious leader of the same name, installed in the United States Capitol, in Washington D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of Utah,[1] and is unusual in the collection in that Young is portrayed sitting down. The statue was unveiled by Alben William Barkley on June 1, 1950.[2]

## History

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The commission for the Brigham Young statue was highly sought after, particularly by Young and Avard Fairbanks. The final choice of the sculptor was left to the three surviving daughters of Brigham Young. Young had sculpted Brigham Young before, including him in the central group of the This is the Place Monument unveiled in Salt Lake City in 1947,[3] which the family approved of. They did not like Cyrus Dallin's portrayal of Young. The statue was unveiled in Washington by Mable Young Sandborn, then Brigham Young's last surviving child.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p212
2. ^ Murdock, Myrtle Chaney, National Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol, Monumental Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1955 pp. 92–93
3. ^ Young, Mahonri Mackintosh; Anargyros, Spero; Woolley, Taylor (17 December 2017). "This is the Place Monument". Siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
4. ^ Toone, Thomas E., Mahonri Young: His Life and Art, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah,1997 pp. 187–193

## External links

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* Media related to Brigham Young by Mahonri Young at Wikimedia Commons

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