Houdon
Americannoun
noun
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Governors come and go — 14 in the past 52 years — but Brown is as constant as the rotunda’s Houdon statue of George Washington.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022
Now the man who would not be king, as rendered by the sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon, stood on a pedestal beneath the round skylight crowning Virginia’s capitol dome.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2015
The first great statue of our first president was the work of a French sculptor, Jean-Antoine Houdon.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2011
The portico will also feature movable pedestals on which to display the Frick’s collection of sculptures, including works like “Diana the Huntress,” by Jean-Antoine Houdon, which is currently in storage.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2010
A more successful sculptor was Houdon, who was commissioned by Virginia to make a statue of Washington.
From St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
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