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French created the memorial with architect Henry Bacon, who designed the columned marble temple in which Lincoln sits. The two wrestled with size throughout the eight years they worked on the project.
A giant sculpture of the late president Abraham Lincoln, rendered by French, was made for the interior of this grand modern take on a Greek temple. The Lincoln Memorial was finally complete in 1922, after eight years of construction. This project proved to be one of Bacon's last works. He died on February 16, 1924, in New York City.