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Thomas Gibson Crawford (March 22 1813/14 – October 10 1857) was a sculptor
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 who was born in New York City
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, the son of Aaron & Mary (Gibson) Crawford. He went to Rome
Rome

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 to study sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 in 1835 and made that city his home, visiting America only rarely.






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Thomas Gibson Crawford (March 22 1813/14 – October 10 1857) was a sculptor
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 who was born in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, the son of Aaron & Mary (Gibson) Crawford. He went to Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 to study sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
 in 1835 and made that city his home, visiting America only rarely. His major accomplishments include the figure above the dome of the United States Capitol
United States Capitol

The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States....
 entitled Freedom
Statue of Freedom

The Statue of Freedom, sometimes called Armed Freedom or simply Freedom, is Thomas Crawford 's bronze statue that, since 1863, has crowned the United States Capitol dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
, and the bronze doors and pediment statues for the Senate
United States Senate

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 wing.

Crawford died of cancer, in London, where he had gone for treatment on October 10 1857 before Freedom was completed, and another artist finished the fine details. Another major work is Orpheus and Cerebus (1843), displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He was married to Louisa Cutler Ward, a sister of Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe

Julia Ward Howe was a prominent United States Abolitionism, activism, and poet most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."...
, and by her had four children. His only son was the writer Francis Marion Crawford
Francis Marion Crawford

Francis Marion Crawford was an United States writer noted for his many novels.He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy, the son of the American sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Cutler Ward, and the nephew of Julia Ward Howe, the American poet....
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