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the long body, the narrow shoulders and broad hips of the three full length portraits by Trumbull and of the statue by Houdon in the State House at Richmond.  The head is from the life [[strikethrough]]size[[/strikethrough]] cast made by Houdon at Mount Vernon in 1785 which has been little known to [[strikethrough]] artists, the [[/strikethrough]] artists and not ^[[at]] all to the public until within the last ten years and has not been used save by Mr. O'Donovan in the making of this statue"