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FINE AETS. 



groups of statuary, representing the four differ- 

 ent orders of the army and navy infantry, 

 cavalry, artillery, and marine. Between the 

 group, set in the four alternate faces of the octa- 

 gon, are four basso-relievos, two of which will 

 represent incidents in the early life of Mr. Lin- 

 coln, and two portray his greatest achievements 

 in matters of State, as President of the United 

 States. Upon the pedestal of each group is a 

 large tablet upon which to record heroic deeds 

 and points of history during the administration 

 of Mr. Lincoln. It is also proposed to place 

 pedestals on the upper circle formed by the 

 steps, upon, which will stand a drummer boy, 

 bugle boy, sailor boy, and flag boy of the en- 

 gineer corps. Eising out of the octagon base 

 is a Corinthian column, fifty feet in height, sur- 

 mounted by a colossal figure of Mr. Lincoln, 

 twelve feet in height, represented in his custom- 

 ary costume in the act of signing the Emanci- 

 pation Proclamation. The architectural part 

 of the monument is to be of granite, and the 

 statuary of bronze. The figures of the four 

 groups of men will be seven and a half feet in 

 height, and those of the boys six feet in height. 

 The other monument, of which the model, pre- 

 pared in Italy by Miss Hosmer, arrived in 

 America early in December, was originally in-, 

 tended as a memorial of the freedmen to the 

 late President. A considerable sum has already 

 been contributed by them toward the work, 

 but, in view of the great expense which it will 

 entail, there seems little probability that ground 

 *vill he broken for some years to come, and it 

 is possible that a portion of the funds may be 

 supplied from other sources. In designing this 

 monument to Mr. Lincoln, Miss Hosmer states 

 that she endeavored " to express the idea that 

 the Temple of Fame which we rear to his mem- 

 ory is based upon the two great acts of his ad- 

 ministration, viz., the Emancipation of the Slave 

 and the Preservation of the American Union." 

 The four sides of the lower base, sixty feet 

 square, will contain bas-reliefs, representing 

 scenes in Mr. Lincoln's life from his early child- 

 hood until his death. The following is Miss 

 Hosmer's description of the remaining part of 

 the monument, which is to be composed of New 

 England granite and bronze : 



Upon the circular columns which enclose these 

 bas-reliefs, and crowning the first base of the temple, 

 are placed four statues, representing the condition 

 of the negro as it actually existed at different periods 

 of the President's four years of office: First, as ex- 

 posed in chains for sale; second, upon the planta- 

 tion; third, as guide and assistant to our troops; and 

 fourth, as a soldier and a freeman. Above these col- 

 umns rises an octagonal base, four sides of which 

 rontain the inscription : 



ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 



MABTYR-PKESIDENT OP TEE UNITED STATES, 



Emancipator of Four Millions of Men, 



Preserver of the American Union. 

 Upon this rests a circular base, forming the imme- 

 diate base of the temple, upon which is represented 

 a bas-relief composed of thirty-six female figures, 

 hand in hand, symbolical of the union of the thirty- 

 six States. Upon this rise the four columns of the 



temple, supporting a cornice, upon which are in 

 scribed the concluding words of the Emancipation 

 Proclamation: "And upon this, sincerely believed 

 to be an act of justice, I invoke the considerate 

 judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of 

 Almighty God." 



Within the temple a statue of the dead President 

 rests upon a sarcophagus, and the four mourning 

 Victories, with trumpets reversed, which guard and 

 surround the whole, record the great sorrow of the 

 nation, stricken down at the moment of proclaiming 

 its triumphs. 



Another public monument, which has been 

 some time in progress, is that in memory of 

 Stephen A. Douglas, at Chicago. It consists 

 of a sepulchre, enclosing a sarcophagus and 

 surmounted by a pedestal twenty-one feet in 

 height, having a base fifteen feet square. On 

 this will be erected a column forty-three feet in 

 length, six feet square at the base, and three 

 and a half feet square at the top. The column 

 will be terminated by a cap six feet high, which 

 forms the base for the colossal statue of Douglas. 

 Surrounding the sepulchre will be placed four 

 seated symbolical figures, life size, sculptured in 

 light marble, representing Illinois, America, His- 

 tory, and Fame. Over the entrance to the sepul- 

 chre will stand an eagle, and on the base of the 

 pedestal above will be placed four bas-reliefs, 

 representing the history and progress of the 

 West. To the list of monuments illustrating 

 the war, must be added that about to be erected 

 by the State of Ehode Island, from the designs 

 of John Jackson, a Maine sculptor, residing in 

 Italy. It is to be forty feet high, having four 

 allegorical figures representing Liberty, Justice, 

 Valor, and Fidelity, surmounted by a sym- 

 bolical figure of Ehode Island, twelve feet in 

 height, holding in one hand a wreath, and rest- 

 ing the other upon the shield of the State. It 

 is proposed to construct the stone work of a 

 pinkish granite, susc.eptible of a high polish, 

 which is found in Ehode Island, and the figures 

 and ornamental work of bronze. The cost will 

 be $50,000. A portrait bust of President Lin- 

 coln, by Colonel Henry, a sculptor of Kentucky, 

 which has been much commended as a likeness, 

 was received in Louisville at the close of the 

 year, and has been placed in the United States 

 Court-room in that city. Another likeness of 

 Mr. Lincoln, well spoken of, is in the form of a 

 statuette, by Franklin Simmons, of Providence, 

 E. L, which has been put in bronze by "William 

 Miller, of the same city. The latter artist is 

 well known by a series of medallion heads in 

 bronze, of eminent civilians and soldiers. Fi- 

 nally, to the large number of American sculp- 

 tors practising their art in Italy, we may add 

 the name of Edmonia Lewis, a young woman 

 of mixed negro and Indian parentage, and a 

 native of Ohio, who, besides a portrait bust of 

 Colonel ShaAV, of the first Massachusetts col- 

 ored regiment, has designed a group, entitled 

 "The Freedwoman on first hearing of her 

 Liberty. 7 ' It is to be executed as a private 

 commission, and is said to tell "with much 

 eloquence a painful story," 



