American Bronze Casting – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/american-bronze-casting
By 1850, the prospect of bronze casting in the United States had taken on added symbolism—a medium that reflected America’s growing confidence and ambition as a world power while at the same time proclaiming its artistic independence from European sculptural models and materials.
Gruet 1901; cast 1906 The Mountain Man Frederic Remington Roman Bronze Works