The half-size rendition (three feet, two inches) on a two-foot base
was unveiled on October 9, 2011, nearly 60 years after Illinois
artist John R. Frank designed a wooden version of it. His
daughter-in-law Berva interpreted the statue in bronze, which was
dedicated to his memory by the John W. Frank family and funded by
The People's Tribute to Lincoln, a nonprofit group.Frank Statue in
Springfield, Illinois
When you step into the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor
Center, pause by this statue near the south entrance. Titled
"Prairie Lawyer," it depicts Lincoln as he might have looked during
the time he lived in this neighborhood.
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