Did Vinnie Ream visit the White House daily for 5 months?
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02-18-2017, 10:41 PM
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RE: Did Vinnie Ream visit the White House daily for 5 months?
Here's an article posted by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in Capital Art, Women's History.
"In 1866 Congress authorized a $10,000 commission for a statue of Abraham Lincoln to be placed in the Capitol. Ream had completed a bust of Lincoln the year before which received much acclaim. (She claimed throughout her life that Lincoln had sat for the sculpting in person in the White House over a five-month period. However, there is no evidence other than her word that suggests Lincoln and Ream ever met.)" https://uschs.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/v...t-scandal/ |
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