Statue of David Farragut (New York City)
The statue, cast in 1880 and dedicated on May 25, 1881, is set on a Coopersburg, Pennsylvania black granite pedestal.[1] The work depicts Farragut, the noted United States Navy admiral of the Civil War, standing in naval uniform with binoculars and sword; the statue rests upon a plinth and then a pedestal, surrounded by a semicircular, winged exedra, which features a bas-relief figure of a seated female on either side.[1] The Farragut statue was Saint-Gaudens's first major work and as a result certain rumors and allegations arose.[3] The inscription on the base was composed by Stanford White's father, Richard Grant White, and reads as follows:[4] West Exedra: That the memory of a daring and sagacious commander and gentle great-souled man whose life from childhood was given to his country but who served her supremely in the War for the Union 1861-1865 may be preserved and honored and that they who come after him and who will owe him so much may see him as he was seen by friend and foe his countrymen have set up this monument A.D. 1881.The earlier base was moved to Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire.