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  1. 1741-1828. French sculptor, a portraitist who
  2. made characterful studies of Voltaire and a
  3. Neo-Classical statue of George Washington,
  4. commissioned 1785. His other subjects
  5. included the philosophers Diderot and
  6. Rousseau, the composer Gluck, the emperor
  7. Napoleon, and the American politician
  8. Benjamin Franklin. Houdon also produced
  9. popular mythological figures, such as Diana
  10. and Minerva.
  11.