Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that Vinnie Ream was only 18 years old when she was commissioned to sculpt the ...

TIL that Vinnie Ream was only 18 years old when she was commissioned to sculpt the statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln for the United States Capitol rotunda in 1866, making her the first woman and youngest artist to be commissioned for a statue by the U.S. government

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Ream
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