Henry Shrady

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Henry Mervin Shrady was an American sculptor, born in New York City in 1871 and died there on April 12, 1922.

[edit] Life and career

Shrady was a self-taught sculptor best known for his equestrian monuments.

[edit] Works

• Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, equestrian, in front of the Capitol in Washington D.C., completed in 1920.
• George Washington at Valley Forge, equestrian, Brooklyn, New York
• General Alpheus S. Williams Memorial, equestrian, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan
• Robert E. Lee, equestrian, Charlottesville, Virginia, finished by Leo Lentelli following Shrady's death

[edit] References

• Nawrocki, Dennis Alan and Thomas J. Holleman, Art in Detroit Public Places, Wayne State University Press, Detriot, Michigan, 1980
• Opitz, Glenn B , Editor, Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
• Taft, Lorado, The History of American Sculpture, MacMillan Co., New York, NY 1925