Selected works Franklin Simmons



equestrian statue of major general john a. logan (1892–1901), logan circle, washington, d.c.



bust of oren cheney (1861?), bates college, lewiston, maine. simmons sculpted while student @ bates college.
soldiers monument (1866–68), kennedy park, lewiston, maine.
soldiers , sailors monument (1867–69), bellingham square, chelsea, massachusetts.
penelope (marble, 1873), de young museum, san francisco, california. copies @ berkshire museum in pittsfield, massachusetts; lake delaware farm in delhi, new york; detroit institute of arts; , portland museum of art in portland, maine.
jochebed infant moses (marble, 1873), museum of fine arts, boston, massachusetts.
the promised land (marble, 1874), metropolitan museum of art, new york city.
roger williams monument (bronze, 1874–77), roger williams park, providence, rhode island. bronze copy of marble statue @ u.s. capitol.
edward t. little (bronze, 1875–77), edward little high school, auburn, maine.
bust of william b. wood (marble, 1860), lewiston public library, lewiston, maine
bust of lyman nichols (marble, 1860), lewiston public library, lewiston, maine
bust of admiral david dixon porter (marble, 1876), united states naval academy, annapolis, maryland.
miriam (year?)
medusa (1882)
galatea (1884)
senator oliver p. morton (bronze, 1884), soldiers , sailors monument, indianapolis, indiana.
the seraph abdiel (from paradise lost ) (1886).
henry wadsworth longfellow (bronze, 1887), longfellow square, portland, maine.
soldiers monument (1888–91), monument square, congress street, portland, maine, richard morris hunt, architect.
bust of robert treat paine (marble, 1892), museum of fine arts, boston, massachusetts.
equestrian statue of major general john a. logan (bronze, 1892–1901), logan circle, washington, d.c., richard morris hunt, architect.
alexander hamilton (bronze, 1905–06), great falls of passaic overlook park, paterson, new jersey.
valley forge (seated washington) (bronze, 1910), washington memorial chapel, valley forge, pennsylvania.

union league of philadelphia

civil war portrait medallions (1865), union league of philadelphia.



14 bronze portrait medallions of civil war generals , politicians (1865).

president abraham lincoln
secretary of treasury salmon p. chase
secretary of state william h. seward
major general nathaniel p. banks
major gereral ambrose burnside
major general benjamin f. butler
major general darius n. couch
major general abner doubleday
general of army ulysses s. grant
major general winfield s. hancock
major general joseph hooker
major general philip kearny
major general george gordon meade
major general john grubb parke



united states capitol

peace monument (marble, 1877), united states capitol, washington, d.c.



peace monument (formerly naval monument) (marble, 1877), united states capitol grounds, washington, d.c., edward clark, architect. figures atop monument titled grief , history.
roger williams (marble, 1872), national statuary hall collection (representing rhode island).
governor william king (marble, 1878), national statuary hall collection (representing maine).
bust of vice president hannibal hamlin (marble, 1889), united states senate vice presidential bust collection.
bust of vice president adlai e. stevenson (marble, 1894), united states senate vice presidential bust collection.
ulysses s. grant (marble, 1899), united states capitol rotunda. simmons s 1894 statue, showing grant in civilian clothes, rejected u.s. capitol. in portland museum of art.
bust of vice president charles w. fairbanks (marble, 1905), united states senate vice presidential bust collection.
governor francis harrison pierpont (marble, 1910), national statuary hall collection (representing west virginia).








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