William Rudolf O'Donovan - Selected Works

Selected Works

• Relief portrait of Bayard Taylor (ca. 1870), Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
• John Paulding (1880), Captors' Monument, Patriot's Park, Tarrytown, New York.
• Cavalry Officer; Sailor (1880–81), Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
• Bas-relief panels of Herkimer Directing the Oriskany Battle and Combat (1882–84), Oriskany Battlefield Monument, Oriskany, New York.
• George Washington (1883), Plaza Washington, El Paraiso, Caracas, Venezuela.
• Colonel Daniel Morgan (1885–86), Saratoga Battle Monument, Saratoga National Historical Park, Victory Mills, New York.
• Tower of Victory, Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, Newburgh, New York.
  • George Washington (1886–87).
  • Architectural sculptures of Rifleman; Artilleryman; Light Dragoon; Infantry Line Officer (1888).
• Irish Brigade Monument (1888), Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A granite Celtic Cross guarded by a life-size bronze statue of an Irish wolfhound.
• Bust of Walt Whitman (1891), unlocated.
• Archbishop Hughes (1891), Fordham University, Fordham, New York.
• Trenton Battle Monument, Trenton, New Jersey.
  • Colossal Statue of George Washington (1891–93).
  • Private John Russell and Private Blair McClenachan (1891-93), two statues of 14th Regiment Massachusetts soldiers flanking the monument's entrance.
  • Thomas Eakins modeled two bas-relief panels for the monument's base; Charles Henry Niehaus modeled the third panel.
• Bas-relief panels of President Lincoln and General Grant (1893–94), Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York. O'Donovan modeled the men; Thomas Eakins modeled the horses.

• John Paulding (1880), atop the Captors' Monument, Patriot's Park, Tarrytown, New York.

• Cavalry Officer (1880-81), Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

• Sailor (1880-81), Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

• Herkimer Directing the Oriskany Battle (1882-84), Oriskany Battle Monument, Oriskany, New York.

• Combat (1882-84), Oriskany Battle Monument, Oriskany, New York.

• Tower of Victory (1886-88), Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, Newburgh, New York.

• Irish Brigade Monument (1888), Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

• President Lincoln (1893-94), Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York.

• General Grant (1893-94), Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York.