US 1940 Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens 3c. Scott. 886


US 1940 Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens 3c. Scott. 886


Series: Famous Americans Issue - Artists

Issued date: 16-09-1940 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 3c.

Emission: Commemorative
Watermark: No Watermark

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 886
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 883
Michel (Germany): 482
Yvert et Tellier (France): 440

Dimensions (height x width):
29mm x 26mm

Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Print Method: Rotary press

Stamp Colors: Bright red violet
Perforation: Perf 10½ x 11

Themes: Artist, Sculptor, Famous People

Total print: 53,636,580 (estimate)

Description:- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. From a French-Irish family, Saint-Gaudens was raised in New York City, he traveled to Europe for further training and artistic study. After he returned to New York, he achieved major critical success for his monuments commemorating heroes of the American Civil War, many of which still stand. Saint-Gaudens created works such as the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial on Boston Common, Abraham Lincoln: The Man, and grand equestrian monuments to Civil War generals: General John Logan Memorial in Chicago's Grant Park and William Tecumseh Sherman at the corner of New York's Central Park. In addition, he created the popular historicist representation of The Puritan.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Saint-Gaudens