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Tlie most prominent works of art which adorned the grounds were : 



The Columbia Fountain, in the western section of the Court of 

 Honor, designed by Frederick McMonnies, now resident in Paris, but 

 a native American. Tlie design is ideahstic of modern liberty. A 

 barge, guided by Time and heralded by Fame, carries Columbia, seated 

 on a throne. On one side are four rowers, representing the Arts, and 

 on the other four, representing Science, Industry, Agriculture and 

 Commerce. Preceding the barge are eight sea horses in groups of two, 

 ridden by eight young men, representative of modern commerce. The 

 circular base was 150 feet in diameter, and on each side were columns 

 fifty feet high, surmounted by eagles. See page 140. 



The statue of the " Hepublic," in the eastern section of the Coui't of 

 Honor, designed by Daniel C. French, of New York. The figure 

 is sixty-five feet high, and of wonderful symmetry. The head, neck 

 and arms were finished in old ivory, after copies of the Jupiter and the 

 Minerva of Phidias, while the rest of the form and drapery was of 

 bronze or gilt. See page 344. 



The magnificent examples of Grecian architecture, the Peristyle and 

 Colonnade, which inclosed the court on the east and south, designed 

 by Charles B. Atwood, of JSTew York. 



The Columbus Quadriga, surmounting the central arch of the Peris- 

 tyle, designed by D. C. French and E. C. Potter, of New York. 

 It represents Columbus as he appeared in the triumphal fete given on 

 his return from his first voyage. The central figure of the great dis- 

 coverer is fourteen feet high, and admirably posed. Four horses draw 

 the chariot, Jed by two women. The life and spirit of the group were 

 a great triumph to' the artists, and by many it was considered the finest 

 work on the grounds. 



The statue of Columbus, in front of the Administration Building, 

 by Mary T. Lawrence, a pupil of Augustus St. Gaudens. The figure 

 represents Columbus with the banner of Castile and Arragon in his 

 hand, taking possession of America. It is heroic in model and treatment. 



The statue of Benjamin Franklin, in the portal of the Electricity 

 Building. It was the work of Carl Rohl-Smith, and represents the 

 philosopher with his kite and key tempting the lightning from the 

 clouds. 



In the southern portion of the Grand Canal, fronting the Colonnade, 

 was a magnificent obelisk, surrounded by groups of lions, designed by 

 M. A. Waagen. Adorning the bridges and overlooking the lagoons 

 were the celebrated bulls, by E. C. Potter, the draught horses, by Pot- 

 ter and French, cowboy and pony and Indian and pony, by A. P. Proc- 

 tor, and the buffaloes, bears, elks, and panthers, by Edward Kemeys 

 and A. P. Proctor. The statue of Diana, by Augustus St. Gaudens, 

 which adorns the dome of the Agricultural Building, was the original 

 one designed for the Madison Square Garden, New York, and afterwards 

 replaced by a smaller one. Hundreds of groups, typical and orna- 

 mental, adorned the exteriors and interiors of the buildings, designed 

 by such eminent artists as Karl Bitter, Philip Martiny, Lorado Taft, 



