Hercules (aka The Athlete) on Halsey Fieldhouse at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland by Donald DeLue

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0003000/03262_0010015139 (added ca. 4/21/2007)

Above is a sculptured panel showing Hercules, warrior and athlete.
His battle club is symbolic of his victories as a warrior
The laurel wreate shows his supremacy as an athlete
Both attributes present a challenge to the Midshipment of
the United States Naval Academy

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Medium: Granite
Artist: Donald DeLue(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Allegory, Mythology; Athletics
Location: King George St (Halsey Fieldhouse) Washington, D.C. Suburbs Maryland, US Naval Academy

Nearest Metro: New Carrollton(Orange) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76009537 (dcMem ID #3262 )

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