Category:The Genius of Connecticut
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English: The original 1870s bronze statue stood on the top of the Capitol Dome. It was cast in bronze from a plaster original, and was 17 feet, 10 inches tall, and weighed 3.5 tons. It executed in Rome, Italy, and was cast in Munich,Germany. This bronze was damaged in the Hurricane of 1938, and during WWII it was melted down to serve the war effort.
A plaster cast of the original was painted bronze and placed on display in the Connecticut Capitol Building.
A new bronze statue was cast in 2009, but there were no funds to place the new statue at the top of the Capitol. Since 2009 it has been on display in the rotunda of the Capitol, a few feet from the plaster version. [1]Media in category "The Genius of Connecticut"
The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
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Genius of Connecticut State Capitol building.jpg 3,600 × 2,893; 4.14 MB
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Genius of Connecticut statue (2009).jpg 2,368 × 3,600; 3.32 MB
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Genius of Connecticut statue, by Randolph Rogers.jpg 2,484 × 3,734; 8.14 MB
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The Forlorn Soldier and the Genius of Connecticut, State Capitol Building, Hartford, CT.jpg 2,448 × 3,264; 1.36 MB
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