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The Statue of The Republic is a {{convert|24|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois. It is a smaller-scale replica constructed in 1918 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where the original statue was, and commemorates the Illinois statehood centennial.^[1] The statue was funded by the Benjamin Ferguson Fund,^[2] which commissioned Daniel Chester French, the sculptor of the original {{convert|65|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} statue that stood on the grounds of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, to sculpt this replica. Edith Minturn Stokes served as French's model for the original statue.^[3] Henry Bacon, the architect of the Lincoln Memorial, designed the festooned pedestal for the replica statue.^[4]

The statue's right hand holds a globe; an eagle with wings spread perches on it. The other hand grasps a staff with a plaque that reads "{{smallcaps|liberty}}", partly obscured by an encircling laurel wreath. The original at the Exposition had instead a Phrygian cap on top of the staff.

The original was only partly gilded (no gold on the exposed skin of the head, neck and arms), but the new version is completely gilded.^[5]

The original statue for the Exposition, constructed in 1893, stood in front of the Court of Honor, inside the Great Basin (pool).^[6]^[1] However, in 1896 the statue succumbed to a fire, destroying it.^[7]

The current statue stands in the area between the exposition's Electricity and Administration Buildings^[8] (both demolished after the exposition), now an intersection, where Richards Drive joins Hayes Drive.

The statue is referred to by Chicago historians by the colloquial name of the "Golden Lady."^[9] It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 4, 2003.^[1]{{clear left}}

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1. ^¹²{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/S/StatueRepublic.html|title=Statue of The Republic|date=2006-03-15|accessdate=2007-09-14|work=City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division.|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226091834/http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/S/StatueRepublic.html|archivedate=2008-12-26|df=}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://quickproxy4.chipublib.org/imrjL168/url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB37362D33E53CF&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=C23BE832E46446E3AEC1CCAEBDEAF5AE|title=Public statues are lumberman's legacy to city|accessdate=2009-03-18|date=1991-08-09|work=Chicago Sun-Times|author=Hermann, Andrew}}{{Dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
3. ^{{Citation | last = Morrone| first = Francis| year = 1997| title = The Ghost of Monsieur Stokes| journal = City Journal| publisher = The Manhattan Institute| publication-place = New York| issue = August| url = http://www.city-journal.org/html/7_4_urbanities-the_ghost.html| accessdate = 2 August 2015}}
4. ^Ira J. Bach and Mary Lackritz Gray, A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture, Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983
5. ^{{cite web|title=Jackson Park's The Republic |url=http://www.hydepark.org/parks/jpac/jprepublic.htm |publisher=Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference}}
6. ^Original photo
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yeodoug.com/resources/dc_french/republic/dcfrench_republic.html|title=Daniel Chester French: The Republic|accessdate=2011-04-20}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Overlay of modern roads|url=http://www.hydepark.org/historicpres/ColumbianExp.htm#map |publisher=Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference}} The new statue is in the northern triangle.
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/660.html |title=Jackson Park |work=Encyclopedia of Chicago |accessdate=2012-04-18 }}