Allen George Newman was an American

United States

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 sculptor. He was born in New York

New York City

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, where he studied with John Quincy Adams Ward

John Quincy Adams Ward

John Quincy Adams Ward was an American sculptor, who is most familiar for his over-lifesize standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall on Wall Street.-Early years:...

 and at the National Academy of Design

National Academy of Design

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 . His works are chiefly monumental and include The Triumph of Peace (Atlanta, Ga.); The Hiker, Spanish-American War soldier ; monuments to Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson

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, (New York), General Sheridan

Philip Sheridan

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 (Scranton, Pa.), Joel Chandler Harris

Joel Chandler Harris

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 (Atlanta, Ga.); Monument to the Women of the South (Jacksonville, Fla.); the figures Day and Night, Harriman National Bank (New York); the statues of General Oates (Montgomery, Ala.) and General Stirling Price

Sterling Price

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 (Keytesville, Mo.); and others. He is best known for his monuments, however, he was known to have done smaller pieces like, "Rough Rider", which bears much resemblance to the much larger work "The Hiker

The Hiker (Newman)

The Hiker is a statue made by Allen George Newman. Like Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson's statue of the same name it was created to honor the American soldiers who took "long hikes in steaming jungles" during the Boxer Rebellion, the Spanish-American war and the Filipino-American War.The statue, quoted...

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Newman’s ‘’Hiker’’, called ‘’”The best bronze soldier in America’’” is one of the United States’ most reproduced statues.