J3^ STATUE OF JOAN OF AKC, 



ings of the contours of the figure, filled up the empty fpaces 

 between them and the cafe with fand, which he ftrft prefTed 

 ^nd forced together with his hands, afterwards beat it with' 

 the bat, and finally with a mallet; this conipreffion give^ it 

 fuch a folidity that it appears like ftone, or at leaft like baked 

 earth. 



The fame care was taken with each cafe as they were fuc- 

 ceffiveiy added, to the number of feyen ; which complealing 

 the top of the ftatue, the whole was then reverfed in order 

 to replace (he loweft cafe, which, as mentioned, was only a 

 falfe mold ; and then each part at the lower extremity was 

 alfo modelled in fame manner as the preceding. 



The hollow mold being finiftied, the cafes were taken afun-» 

 der, and each piece removed feparately to take out the ftatue; 

 then they were all placed in their proper order in the exterior 

 jDold, which may be compared to the cover ufed by thofe who 

 Thf pieces of make plafter-of- Paris cafts. Each piece would be well ra- 

 the mold ce (ained in its place by its irregular form ; but it was ftill farther 



men ted together . . 



v-ith pafte, and faftened by a little thin pafle made of flour, which was ap- 

 fecund by wires pijgj { ^ ^^^^^^ j^^^f^ to ^j^g pjeces them felves and the parts 

 pafTing into the , ,: , r t , , m i 



cjes. that adlicred to the caies. It was thought neccifary to take a 



precaution more than what was ufual, through the apprehen- 

 fion that the pafle would not hold together thofe large pieces 

 as well as it did the fmall pieces in lefier works ; they were 

 therefore traverfed by long wires of iron, which entered into 

 the cover or exterior mold. 



This mold being thus entirely compleated, had only to be 

 Methodof form- dried till the time of the cafting, A new mold was neceflary 

 ingthpcore. to be made to caft the core : the fame pains were not taken 

 with this as with the firft, as it would be ufelefs to do fo. 

 When this fecond mold was finiftied, a coat of modelling-clay 

 was applied to its infide, of the fame fhicknefs which was in- 

 tended to be given to the bronze ; and without waiting for its 

 drying, it was clofed and the core caft in it, which was com- 

 pofed, as is ufual, of equal parts of plafter of Paris and ol 

 brick duft. 

 Eight "iron rods E'ghl rods of iron having been placed at the infide of the 

 )*'.• fo as to pro- mold, afterwards projefled from the core about 10 or 12 cen-r 

 ^uom thl Qott^' limetrcs, which fcrved to place it with precifion in the hollow 



in order to place mold* ' ' 



it in the Ciold, o R.w 



