Talk:National Statuary Hall Collection
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[edit] Hawaii
Why do the Hawaii articles link to other statues, rather than to the article about the people, as do the other articles? This seems odd to me. -- Decumanus 23:33, 2004 Nov 22 (UTC)
[edit] Virginia and Georgia's 3rd statues
I will remove the paragraph "Two states have contributed three statues to the collection. Virginia has contributed statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert E. Lee. Georgia contributed Crawford Long and Alexander Stephens before being asked to contribute a statue of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr." -- a comment added by an anonymous user (68.158.9.108) on 01:28, 31 July 2006. There is no reference given, and there is no verification whatsoever on the collection's official site (http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/index.cfm). While it's certainly possible that these states have given the statues of Jefferson and King to be placed in the Capitol, they appear to not be part of the collection, as the law which founded the collection would still seem to allow for no more than two statues from each state. Since the IP address appears to possibly be associated with the Atlanta, GA area -- implying possible insight into the King statue specifically -- I invite the poster to re-post the paragraph with a source. --24.23.84.46 20:53, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- I'm one of the keepers of this article and will look into the Rev. King story. There are two statues of Jefferson in the Capitol, one by David d'Angers and the other by Hiram Powers, and neither was contributed by Virginia. There is another rumor going around that California is going to revoke [or whatever] the statue of its King and replace it with one of Ronald Regan. I'll check this one out too, and really hope that it is not happening. 8 years (opinion) of RR was more than enough. Carptrash 20:29, 2 October 2006 (UTC) PS, you ought to consider registering.
- Likely the poster was referring to the statue of Rosa Parks that is mentioned at the top of the article. Carptrash 21:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Old conversation, but I agree with the original poster. Virginia only has George Washington and Robert E. Lee in the Statuary Hall Collection, Jefferson is not part of the collection, and was a gift to Congress. Likewise with Georgia, King's bust statue was actually commissioned by Congress, and is not part of the collection, either. And yes, California will be replacing Thomas Starr King with Ronald Reagan.~ (The Rebel At) ~ 14:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
- Likely the poster was referring to the statue of Rosa Parks that is mentioned at the top of the article. Carptrash 21:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Any ideas as to who is creating the RR statue? The few I've seen of him recently, (one still in a nearby foundry) are not very good (opinion), so I hope at least we get good art out of this move. Carptrash 14:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- A quick internet search produced nothing more than the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation will be selecting the artist to work on the piece. I suppose an email or phone call might produce an answer, but then again, maybe they haven't selected a sculptor yet.~ (The Rebel At) ~ 21:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
I discovered this while poking around:
- Critics say the measure was passed hastily on Aug. 31, without allowing the public a chance to weigh in.
- “This took place at the very end of the very last day of the session and there was no chance to have any public discussion about it,” said the Rev. David Sammons, acting president of the Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, a Unitarian seminary named after the influential minister.
Sounds about right. (opinion) Carptrash 15:37, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Move to commons
The following images should all be moved from the en wiki to the commons:
- They should get the template {{PD-USGov-Congress}} for their copyright
- They should be placed on the page commons:National Statuary Hall Collection
- They should be categorized in commons:Category:United States Capitol
You can reference Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons or Wikipedia:WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons. I suggest using the CommonsHelper, {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} and Commonist.
--evrik (talk) 20:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- I'm wondering about the use of the public domain tag. I accept that the photographs are works of the Congress and therefore PD. However, the sculptures themselves are commissioned by the individual States - i.e. not works of the Federal government - then donated. Therefore, they most likely are copyrighted, and the photographs are similarly restricted as derivative works. Has this issue been considered? Ipoellet 16:47, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
- Probably not. If I cared I'd email the office of the Architect of the Capitol and ask. Carptrash 22:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
- I'd suggest don't worry about it, just because some of these works are also over a hundred years old, if not older (some are relatively new), so then you'll be stuck researching when the statues were commissioned and completed, etc. Technically, the statues should belong to the States which commissioned them, no? ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 03:45, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Probably not. If I cared I'd email the office of the Architect of the Capitol and ask. Carptrash 22:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:58, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
