About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1350
  • TitleSlocum statue
  • SummaryCloseup of lifesize statue, by sculptor Frederick W. MacMonnies, of Civil War General Slocum sitting on horse holding sword in right hand, mounted on pedestal with folded flag lying at base, located in Prospect Park.
  • Date1905
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1905. On verso: "Situated on Eastern Parkway." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHorses ; Monuments ; Statues
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Grand Army Plaza: Sculpture