Edward Clark Potter

**Edward Clark Potter** (November 26, 1857 – June 21, 1923) na he be an American sculptor dem best know am for ein equestrian den animal statues. Ein most famous works be de marble lions, dem nickname *Patience* den *Fortitude*, in front of de New York Public Library Main Branch.
## Early years
Dem born am insyd New London, Connecticut, he grow up insyd Enfield, Massachusetts, wer na he live plus ein mommie Mary den sisto Clara. Na der he go to local schools. For 17, secof ein mommie ein wish say make he cam turn a minister, he enter Williston Seminary insyd Easthampton, Massachusetts, for four years. He enter Amherst College insyd Amherst, Massachusetts, insyd de class of 1882. He attend for three semesters per, but later na dem grant am an honorary Master's degree. He study drawing for de School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston plus Frederic Crowninshield den Otto Grundmann. Na der he sanso do sam modelling plus de sculptor Truman H. Bartlett.
## Collaborations plus Daniel Chester French

### World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
(Na dese be temporary sculptures, dem destroy all.)
* Grand Court
* *The Republic* (dem replicate as Statue of *The Republic*)
* *Statue of Industry*
* *Statue of Plenty*
* *Statue of The Teamster*
* *Quadriga* (horse-drawn chariot)
* Quadriga outriders

### Equestrian statues
* Equestrian statue of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1893–98).
* Equestrian statue of George Washington, Place d'Iéna, Paris, France (1900).
* Equestrian statue of George Washington, Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois (1900–04). This is a replica of the statue in Paris.
* Equestrian statue of Major General Joseph Hooker, Massachusetts Statehouse, Boston, Massachusetts (1903).
**Progress of the State* quadriga, Minnesota State Capitol, Cass Gilbert, architect, St. Paul, Minnesota (1905–1907).
*Equestrian statue of Charles Devens, Worcester, Massachusetts (1906).
* Equestrian statue of a bugler, "Soldier's Monument" Brookline, MA, (1915)

## Gallery

File:Worlds Columbian Exposition Statue of the Republic, Chicago, United States, 1893. (2785068208).jpg|World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1893). Potter's Quadriga (horse-drawn chariot) dey atop de pavilion behind *The Republic*.
File:EB1911 Plate VI. v24, pg.507, Fig 2.jpg|*Indian Corn*(Woman by Daniel Chester French)
File:George Washington P1190516.jpg|Equestrian Statue of George Washington, Place d'Iéna, Paris, France (1900).
File:1903 Hooker statue StateHouse Boston.png|Dedication of the *General Joseph Hooker* statue, Massachusetts Statehouse, Boston, MA (1903).
File:Progress of the State.jpg|*Progress of the State* Quadriga, Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota (1905–1907).


## Works dem select
* *Sleeping Faun*, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (1887–89).http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/american_paintings_and_sculpture/sleeping_faun_edward_clark_potter/objectview.aspx?collID=2&OID=20012145
* Bust of Vice President William A. Wheeler, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC (1890–1892).https://www.senate.gov/vtour/wheel.htm
* Governor Austin Blair, Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan (1895–1898).
* Robert Fulton, Rotunda Reading Room, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (1897). One of 16 bronze statues set around de third-floor balustrade.
* John Paul Jones, Dewey Triumphal Arch, Madison Square, New York City (1899, destroyed).
* Equestrian Statue of Major General Henry W. Slocum, Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1902).https://web.archive.org/web/20130430191005/http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/Individuals/Slocum.php
* Equestrian Statue of Major General Charles Devens, Worcester County Courthouse, Worcester, Massachusetts (1905–06).http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1082/1345714715_c1c56b73c3.jpg Archived November 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
* *Indian Religion* (Buddha), Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (1907–1909).https://web.archive.org/web/20160613074856/https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/21440/Indian_Religion
* *Indian Philosophy* (Sankara), Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (1907–1909).https://web.archive.org/web/20160613074834/https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/21439/Indian_Philosophy
* *Sighting the Enemy* (George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument), Monroe, Michigan (1908–1910).
* Equestrian Statue of Major General George B. McClellan, Smith Memorial Arch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1909–1911).http://www.philart.net/images/large/smamcclellan.jpg
* Lions, New York Public Library Main Branch, New York City (1910–11).
* Equestrian Statue of Major General Philip Kearny, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (1912–1914).
* Bust of Sidney Lanier on the Sidney Lanier Monument, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia (1914).
* *The Bugler* (Brookline Civil War Monument), Brookline, Massachusetts (1915).https://www.flickr.com/photos/miked378/3122804586/
* Equestrian Statue of Major General John A. McClernand, Vicksburg, Mississippi (1919).https://www.flickr.com/photos/23169458@N07/3557436157/
* Raynal Bolling Memorial, Greenwich, Connecticut (1922).

File:Austin Blair statue 1.jpg|Governor Austin Blair, Michigan State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan (1895–1898).
File:Equestrian statue of General H. W. Slocum to be unveiled at Gettysburg this week LOC 4230624729.jpg|General H. W. Slocum, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1920)
File:CusterStatue1910.png|George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument, Monroe, Michigan (1908–1910).
File:Kearny Tomb.JPG|Major General Philip Kearny, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (1912–1914). 
File:Bolling2233.jpg|Raynal Bolling Memorial, Greenwich, Connecticut (1922).


## References


## External links

* Stone Spirit
* National Sculpture Society
* School of the Museum of Fine Arts