PARK AND CEMETERY 
A Statue Well Placed. 
It is not often that a monumental statue finds 
itself conceived, carried to completion, and finally 
set up in state on an admirable site, amid the boom- 
ing of cannon and the applause of the citizens of 
two nations, all under such favorable conditions as 
those attending the statue of Franklin, by John J. 
Boyle, formally unveiled in P'aris in April. 
It is a gift of Mr. John H. Harjes, for many 
years resident in Paris ; he had even selected the 
locality for the statue, in the pleasant little park at 
clay, in the Louvre. The seated position recoin- ■ 
mended itself as the most appropriate and the mostj 
dignified; the intellectual activity is suggested by® 
the upward glance, by a certain alertness in the® 
pose, and the varied interests, the encyclopedic® 
knowledge, by the map, the books and the Leyden ■ 
jar under the chair. f 
As shown in our picture, the site selected by * 
Mr. Harjes is a beautiful one, such as is enjoyed . 
l)y but few monuments in its eminent appropriate- 
THE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MONUMENT IN PARIS. 
John J. Boyle, Sc. (Mr. Boyle is seen in the picture, farthest to 
Passy, in the immediate neighborhood of Franklin’s 
residence in Paris, before opening negotiations with 
the sculptor and the necessary committees. The 
question of the choice of a statue was fortunately 
solved by the existence of one recognized as the 
most satisfactory, that seated in front of the Phila- 
delphia postoffice. 
The sculptor worked for three years on his com- 
mission ; for the head of the philosopher he found 
an admirable portrait in Houdon’s bust, in baked 
the right.) 
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ness, its quietness, its freedom from intrusion and l 
its handsome backing. In the immediate neighbor- : 
hood is the Rue Franklin, in which stood the villa, i 
surrounded by gardens, inhabited by Franklin from j 
1775 to 1778, which is now marked by a tablet. 
The statue was cast in bronze by the Roman ( 
Bronze Works, in Greenpoint, L. 1 . The total | 
weight is about 2,500 pounds, and the cost about | 
$10,000. The figure is a replica of the Philadelphia t 
statue. j 
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