Richard Henry Park

Richard Henry Park (1832–1902), also known as Richard Hamilton Park, was an American sculptor.

Park was born in New York City an active in New York and Florence, Italy. Today he is best known for his Actor's Monument to Edgar Allan Poe in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and the Drake Fountain in Chicago.

See also

• Hendricks Monument
• Juneau Monument
• Washington Monument (Milwaukee)

References

• AskArt description
• ArtNet entry
• The Dedication Exercises of the Actors' Monument to Edgar Allan Poe Sculptured by Richard Henry Park and Unveiled in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New-York City, Monday, May 4, 1885, by N.Y. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Richard Henry Park, published by Theo. L. De Vinne & co. printers, 1885.
• Edgar Allan Poe monument
• Drake Fountain, City of Chicago
• Forbes magazine gossip about Park