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ST. GAUDENS' STATUE OF GENERAL LOGAN, 
CHICAGO. 
The impressive bronze equestrian statue oi 
General John A. Logan, unveiled in Chicago in 
July with most imposing public ceremonies, is the 
latest work of Augustus St. Gaudens, whose suc- 
cessive artistic productions have undoubtedly served 
to make him the greatest of American sculptors 
and a man of genius. 
By common consent the Logan statue is pro- 
nounced a masterpiece, 
and well may Chicago 
congratulate herself on 
possessing two such di- 
verse examples of the 
highest sculptural art 
as the Lincoln monu- 
ment in Lincoln Park, 
and the Logan monu- 
ment in Lake Front 
Park, and both by the 
same artist. And the 
latter is the first eques- 
trian work of the sculp- 
tor, and the largest 
production of its kind 
in America. 
The site will event- 
ually be an ideal one. 
The statue rests on 
what is practically a 
mausoleum, for by act 
of legislature the re- 
mains of both the Gen- 
eral and in due course 
Mrs. Logan will rest 
therein. This structure 
of brick is concealed in 
a mound of earth rising 
nineteen feet above the 
level of Michigan ave- 
nue, and the granite 
base of the monument 
proper rises still five feet above this. It was 
designed by Mr. Stanford White, and its concave 
upper member, decorated with bronze wreaths en- 
circling names of battles in which Logan took part, 
gives a most chaste and classical finish to the oval 
base. The lowest granite course, oval in plan, is 
27 feet north and south by 35 ft. 5 in- east an d 
west. Fromjthe base to the top of the horse’s with- 
ers is 11 ft. 3 in., to the top of the general’s 
head is 15 ft. 1 1 in., and to the top of the upraised 
flag over 23 feet. The entire statue weighs 14,200 
pounds. It was cast in bronze by the Henry-Bon- 
nard Bronze Co., of New York City. 
The motive of the work was a martial figure. 
As Mr. St. Gaudens says: “To that end I concen- 
trated my energies, and everything else was subor- 
dinated to that idea. I wished to present a figure 
that would embody the highest type of the war- 
rior; one of fierce, indomitable energy and fiery pa- 
triotism, such as General Logan is known to have 
been. If I have achieved that end, it is that I have 
produced those characteristics of General Logan 
which were brought out in striking effect in the inci- 
dent before Atlanta, which is illustrated in the 
subject. ” 
It would seem to be like sacrilege to suggest a 
criticism on such a noble work, and there can be 
none worth considering of the rider, whose pose 
and every feature depicts the momentous occasion 
that the artist memorializes. It is to the pose of 
the horse and its form that exception must be 
taken, if we would have that perfect harmony that 
should exist in an equestrian statue. The pose 
and appearance do not seem to harmonize with the 
dashing and anxious moment so vividly expressed 
by the attitude of the rider. 
EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN, CHICAGO. 
