The Washington times., 1922-12-19
|hQLOER Of
LINCOLN
DIES
Lott FIannsry, Whose Statue
10 to Be Replaced at City
Hall, Succumbs at 66.

Hall, Succumbs at 06.
His statue Of Abraham Lincoln
rescued from the oblivion Of q
storage room but q few weeks ago
and replaced in front Of the City
Hall, to his great satisfaction, Lott
Flannery, sculptor, individualist
and of late years recluse, died at
his home this morning rs peace
fully as though his last wish had
been fulfilled. - a'@'
Agitated for New Art.
He had been Ill at the residence,
1920 Upton street, which he shared
with four nieces. for eighteen
months and succumbed to .pleurisy.
Funeral services will be held Thurs
day morning at St. Thomas Catho-
lie Church and interment win be
In Mt. Olivet cemetery.
The death of Flannery. removes
from the stage of Washington the
last associate in art of such men
as Clark Mills, and one OF the few
surviving intimates OF Lincoln.
Several of his works remain In
the Capital. however. to memorial
ixe him.
Flannsry was born eighty-six
years ago in Limerick. Ireland.
whence he came to the United
States in youth. settling in Wash.
ington. Here he lived nearly all
the rest Of his life, except when
working on commissions in other
cities. or on a trip abroad where he
pursued many courses In classic
art.
"A now art for America" was
his unwavering desire, however.
and he sought to breathe the spirit
OF the Republic into his stone
sculptures and his bronze castings.
Flannery was 20 devoted to his
art that she never married. He was
also extremely adverse to portraiture
Of himself by photography or OILS.
Was Friend Of Lincoln. ~ $.
The Lincoln piece. made one year
after the Emancipator's death. IL
the only one in existence delineated
from personal acquaintance and ID
regarded ~ marvelously hfelike.
Lincoln often visited young Flan.
merry In his studio on Massachusetts,
avenue and they took long walks
together.
He once POLITICALLY explained, why
the statue had been placed on %
high q pedestal before City Hall
by saying he had been in Ford's
Theater the fateful night of the
assassination and that when II
came time for him to mount the
likeness he resolved to place him
% high that no other hand might
strike him down." S
Two years ago the piece was
removed and placed In storage, but
such = storm arose that II was
finally restored to its previous
place.
Other well-known pieces executed
by Flannery was that OF "Grief,"
In the Congressional Cemetery,
comfnemorating fatal explosion
In the Washington Arsenal during
the civil war. . bust Of Benjamin
Franklin. now in the Government
Printing Office: and a bust Of Gen.
John A. Logan. from which the
head OF the equestrian statue at
Iowa Circle was taken, and which
was lost In the fire at F1annery's
stone yard in 1919. This place,
located at Delaware avenue and b
street southwest, was taken over
by Lott F1annery as executor for
his brothers estate, and the tomb
stones were none Of the aculptor's
work. \
Flannery was said by relatives
to have been deeply disappointed
when the Lincoln statue was taken
from Its pedestal, though he never
said anything publicly about H.
Survivors are M. M. Flannery.
OF washington. and w. c. Flan-
merry. Of Baltimore. nephews. and
the Misses Ella, Kate. Jennie.
Mndse and Lillian Flannery. Of
Washington.