Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony watched closely.
So, too, did Mean Joe Greene – for football’s sake.
These were the countenances sharing a studio with Billy Cannon, as crafted in bronze by sculpture artist Brian Hanlon.
“A pretty interesting crew of characters,” Hanlon laughs.
The statue, now standing on the west side of Tiger Stadium in the Championship Plaza, is the second piece Hanlon has created for LSU, joining the Bob Pettit installation on the north side of the LSU Basketball practice facility.
The Toms River, New Jersey-based Master Sculptor has his work scattered across the country – Tubman will go to Auburn, New York, Anthony to Adams, Massachusetts, and Greene to Denton, Texas – but creating Cannon was a one-of-a-kind opportunity for Hanlon.