82 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Mayor Lightner accepted it for the citizens of St. Louis. 
Some impromptu remarks by Capt. James McDonough fol- 
lowed, and a party of Mr. Shaw’s friends then proceeded 
to his residence in the Garden, where a reception was held. 
The statue was designed and executed in bronze by Ferdi- 
nand Miller,* of Munich, afterwards Baron von Miller, who 
was later elected first president of the International Exhibi- 
tion of Art and was apparently recommended to Mr. Shaw 
by Mr. George I. Barnett, the architect who designed. the 
pedestal and base. 
On November 24, 1878, the second bronze statue, namely, 
that of Humboldt, was unveiled in Tower Grove Park. Mr. 
Shaw was ill at the time and not able to be present, but the 
occasion was a much more festive and elaborate one than 
that of the presentation of the Shakespeare monument. 
The ceremonies were in the hands of the German-American 
societies of St. Louis, and a procession consisting of various 
Turnverein, Maennerchor, and Saengerbund organizations, 
together with school children and two bands, marched 
through the park before assembling at the site of the statue. 
Mr. Preetorius acted as chairman, and the program con- 
sisted of music, an address in German by Mr. Carl Luede- 
king, the acceptance of the statue for the citizens of St. 
Pies by Mayor Overstolz, and remarks by Professor W. T. 
Tarris. 
This statue was executed by the same sculptor and the 
pedestal by the same architect who had furnished the 
Shakespeare statue, and the cost of each statue was appar- 
ently the same, namely, $5,000, delivered in St. Louis, not 
including the pedestal or setting up. 
Additional artistic features were added to the park on 
Sunday afternoon, July 16, 1882, when the marble busts 
of Mozart and Rossini were presented by Mr. Shaw. These 
were the work of Howard Kretschmar, a St. Louis sculptor. 
The St. Louis Grand Orchestra rendered several selections 
from Mozart, and, after the unveiling by Miss Lena Anton, 
a pianist of St. Louis, Mr. Shaw in a few simple words pre- 
sented the busts to the city. Judge J. Gabriel Woerner 
delivered an appropriate address and the ceremony con- 
cluded with music by the orchestra and the Liederkranz. 
Postlewaithe’s band gave a concert for the remainder of the 
afternoon. 
* This spelling of the name, instead of Mueller which has appeared 
in print at various times, is in accordance with the signature of the 
letters of the sculptor. 
