Viewing page 30 of 85

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

19
14
15

Four works in Sculpture, devoted to the memory of Washington, being the first public employment of that Art in the United States deserve especial notice. The Statue in the Capitol at Richmond, in Continental costume by Houdon- The Statue at Raleigh, N. Carolina, [[left margin]] since destroyed [[/left margin]] in Roman Costume by Canova, the head from Cerachi's Bust- The Statue in the State House, Boston, by Chantry in Civil Costume, the head from Houdon's Bust- and the Colossae figure by Grenough, at Washington, in Roman Costume the head from Houdon's Bust.

[[strikethrough]] Other sculptures have since been devoted to the same object- Brown's Equestrian Bronze at New York, and Crawford's Equestrian Bronze at Richmond, pointing to the West, of which their Poet Thompson thus speaks [[/strikethrough]]
"Oh 'tis a noble sight!
The fiery steed, just checked, that paws the ground as if impatient at the Clarion sound!
But, sits our Matchless one serene,
and points forever to the golden froth
of Empire and the sun"

[[left margin]] other etc [[/left margin]]

[[stamp]] Archives of American Art [[/stamp]]