Editor’s Note: After visiting Boston a number of times and seeing the Shaw Memorial on Boston Common facing Beacon Street, I researched the memorial and the sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907). The formal name of the Shaw Memorial is the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment Memorial. The memorial depicts the regiment, comprised of…
Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Shaw Memorial and Standing Lincoln Sculptor
Saint-Gaudens sculpted the Shaw Memorial in Boston. There is a smaller version at the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in New Hampshire. (Photo: RET)