Chester French. In mid-May 1860, Volk went to Springfield, Illinois to present the Lincolns with the completed cabinet bust. He had just received the nomination as presidential candidate for the Republican Party. The following day, Volk asked Lincoln to allow a casting of both his hands, for use in other sculptural works. He wanted Lincoln to hold something to simulate grasping a document in his right hand. Lincoln came back from his tool shed with a whittled piece of broom handle. The casting for Lincoln's right hand was made as he held the broom handle. Lincoln's left hand was cast slightly closed but empty. Works Principal works: Stephen A. Douglas Tomb in Chicago, Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Rochester, New York statues of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois statue of General James Shields in Statuary Hall, United States Capitol statues of Elihu B. Washburne, Zachariah Chandler and David Davis Stephen Douglas's original life mask taken in Chicago (from the Collections at the Library of Congress) See also Modeling Tools made by Leonard Wells Volk and used by him in making the life mask of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas and all his other works. From the Collections at the Library of Congress Hickory Mallet used by Leonard Wells Volk in making his busts of Lincoln and Douglas. From the Collections at the Library of Congress Legacy and honors 1880, Volk was elected to the Society of American Artists. 1899, elected to the National Academy of Design in 1899. Notes References 1828 births 1895 deaths 19th-century American sculptors 19th-century American male artists American male sculptors Burials at Rosehill Cemetery