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Plaster Model of Freedom Awaiting Casting, 1859


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Plaster Model of Freedom Awaiting Casting, 1859
Thomas Crawford’s plaster model of Freedom is pictured awaiting casting in the Capitol in 1859. When the Capitol Visitor Center opened in 2008, the model took a prominent position in Emancipation Hall.
credit: Library of Congress