FEATURE image: The large bronze statue was the first prominent public depiction of the 16th U.S. president as a young adult man. Author’s photograph, June 2017. 4.70mb. Capt. Illinois in the early 1830s was the edge of the American frontier and virtually wilderness. The Native American tribes were being expelled from the northern tier of … Continue reading UNITED STATES. My Art Photography: Bronze, 1930, Capt. A. Lincoln, Illinois Volunteer Militia, Black Hawk War, 1832, by LEONARD CRUNELLE (1872-1944), on the Rock River in Dixon, Illinois.