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fluency in portraiture. About 1852 he took up 

 modeling. He has produced a number of portrait 

 busts and several statues. That of Webster, in 

 New York, and the equestrian statue of Washing- 

 ton, iu Boston, are perhaps his noblest works. 

 Other sculptors there are of this period, whom 

 limited space prevents us from giving more than 

 passing notice. Among these are Henry Dexter 

 (1806-76), specially successful in his portrait busts ; 

 Richard S. Greenough (b. 1819), a brother of Horatio, 

 and whose best-known work is the statue of Frank- 

 lin, in Boston, and Ball Hughes (.180W58). Leo- 



nard W. Volk (5. 1828), best known, perhaps, by 

 his monument to Stephen A. Douglas, in Chicago ; 

 Charles Calverley (6. 1833); Moses Jacob Ezekiel 

 (6. 1844), who made the group of Eeligious Liberty, 

 in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and has won 

 many honors abroad ; C. B. Ives ; Barbee ; J. W. 

 A. Macdouald (6. 1824); James H. Hazeltine (ft. 

 1833), and Edward V. Valentine (6. 1828), who 

 has executed many statues of Confederate heroes. 

 Valentine's Lee Recumbent is in the Mausoleum 

 of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, 

 Va. 



VALBSTISE'S "LiE RECCMBEVT." 



William Wetmore STORY (6. 1819) possesses to 

 a high degree that delicate and noble sentiment, 

 without very great power, which characterizes tin- 

 works of not a few of our sculptors. His versatility 

 is quite remarkable. Originally a practising lawyer, 

 lie published several legal works. Poetry next 

 claimed his attention, and he finally went to Italy 

 to devote himself to sculpture, still, however, occa- 

 sionally exercising his pen. He holds a prominent 

 position in art, although he hns at times been rather 

 indiscriminately praised. His sculpture is not 

 strikingly original, but it is carefully finished, well 

 thought out, severe and classic, and inspired by 

 noble and elevating sentiments. In works like 

 Jerusalem Lamenting, Cleopatra, and the Sibyl, his 

 talents are conspicuously shown. 



One. of the most truly idealistic sculptors we have 

 had is William H. RINEHART (1825-74). Working 

 at first in a stone-quarry, his evident talent soon 

 attracted attention, and in 1855 he went to Italy 

 to continue his studies. Latoua and her Infants, 

 the Sleeping Babes, a Nymph, and Clytie, which 

 he himself pronounced his masterpiece, are among 

 his works. He also completed the bronze doors of 

 the Capitol at Washington, left unfinished by 

 Crawford at his death. Another unfinished work 

 by Crawford, the Washington monument, at Rich- 

 mond, was completed by Randolph UOOEHS (6.1825). 

 Besides Ruth and various ideal figures Rogers has 

 executed statues of Lincoln for Philadelphia and 

 Sewnrd for New York, and is favorably known by 

 tin- eiirht panels for the bronze doors of the Capitol at 

 Washington, delineating scene's in the life ofCntalU- 

 bus. Lark in G. MEAD (b 1835) first gave cv'donce 

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of his talents by modeling a figure of an angel in 

 snow. He speedily won recognition, and has exe- 

 cuted several public monuments, among them 



RANDOLPH ROGERS' "RUTH." 



a statue of Lincoln for the monument in Sprin<*- 

 field. 111. Martin MILMORE (1844-83), like Volk, 

 executed several very creditable monuments erected 

 to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, notably 

 that in Boston. The subjects of monuments of this 

 class have probably much to do with the fact that 

 they are seldom works of art of a very high order. 

 Franklin SIMMONS (b. 1842) has shown talent and 



