A reader sent in this new-ish monument that’s somewhere in South Carolina. Where is it? Bonus points: Tell us what you know about it. Send your guess – and your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s image, “Another statue,” showed a bronze rendering of “The Boy of the Waxhaws,” a young President Andrew Jackson at Andrew Jackson State Park just north of Lancaster.
Area resident Steve Willis said the identification was pretty easy for folks who live around there: “It was sculpted by Anna Hyatt Huntington, the famous sculptress. She agreed to do this after being contacted by Miss Nancy Crockett, principal of my elementary school, H. R. Rice Elementary.”
George Graf of Palmyra, Va., told us a little about the sculptor: “Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (March 10, 1876 – October 4, 1973) was an American sculptor who was among New York City’s most prominent sculptors in the early 20th century at a time when very few women were successful artists. Huntington married Archer Milton Huntington on March 10, 1923. They founded Brookgreen Gardens near Georgetown, South Carolina, incorporating Brookgreen Plantation, which was started in the late 18th century and was a major antebellum plantation. This property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and designated as a National Historic Landmark District in 1992.”
Others who correctly identified the statue were: Cynthia Craig of Lancaster; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Deborah Anderson of Chesterfield; Steve Dickey of Anderson; Elizabeth Jones of Columbia; Daniel Prohaska of Summerville; and Barry Wingard of Florence.
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