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equestrian statue of General Grant in Lincoln Park, 
Chicago. 
Considerable delay ocurred in the carrying out 
of the project, both before the competition in the 
sculptor’s work and since; for on May 21, 1892, 
the Commission was notified that the bronze cast- 
ing was completed and ready for shipment from the 
works of M. IT. Mossman, Chicopee, Mass. It was 
not until this year that arrangements were fully 
completed for the erection of the work and it was 
unveiled in Garfield Park amid considerable enthus- 
iasm. It is the only monument of the kind in the 
city of Cincinnati. 
Imposing ceremonies attended 
the unveiling of the Garfield 
Memorial in Fairmount Park, 
Philadelphia. This monument, 
which has been in the hands of 
the sculptor, St. Gaudens, for 
some years, was eagerly antici- 
pated, and besides being an im- 
portant work in itself is associat- 
ed with a grave occasion in our 
country’s history. The P'air- 
mount Park Art Association, 
under whose auspices it was 
carried out, made a great public 
ceremony of the unveiling and is 
to be congratulated upon its 
work throughout. The monu- 
ment consists of a classic granite 
pedestal surmounted by a colos- 
sal bronze bust of James A. Gar- 
field. An ideal bronze figure 
stands in front of the pedestal. 
In Washington, the bronze 
equestrian statue of General 
Hancock, modelled by Pdlicott, 
was unveiled in May, the dedi- 
cation address being made by 
President Cleveland. The statue 
shows General Hancock as he 
appeared on the morning of the 
last day at Gettysburg, sitting 
firmly in the saddle and slightly checking his im- 
patient horse. It surmounts a fine pedestal of 
Jonesboro red granite, and while being a work 
creditable to the sculptor, is an interesting addition 
to the public monuments of Washington. 
Two bronze equestrian statues were also dedi- 
cated on the Gettysburg battlefield, — monuments to 
Generals George B. Meade, and W. S. Hancock. 
The Meade statue was modelled by Mr. H. K. 
Bush-Brown of Newburgh, N. Y., and is a good 
composition, quiet but alert in pose. The horse is 
finely modeled and represented in good working 
condition, with an air of great intelligence. The 
General is sitting quietly overlooking the battlefield, 
with the bridle dropped on the saddle. In his 
right hand he holds a field glass, which is lightly 
resting on the pommel of the saddle, and in his left 
he carries his hat — a point deemed by some critics 
derogatory to the work. The portrait of General 
Meade is boldly rendered with quiet dignified ex- 
pression. 
The statue of General Winfield S. Hancock, by 
Edwin P". El well, of New York, is another com- 
manding battlefield monument. The General sits 
his horse firmly and appears, by the extended right 
arm to be giving directions as to certain movements 
of his men. The granite pedestal is designed on 
classic lines and is simple in outline. 
On the whole the monuments dedicated this year 
display a marked advance in artistic excellence, and 
it may be safely assumed, that with the broader 
ideas on art and its relation to public memorials 
we have seen the last days of that absolute medi- 
ocrity which has characterized the work of the past. 
Public memorials should stand for permanent 
memorials, and can only do so when they perpetu- 
ate the best efforts of the time. 
THE HARRISON MONUMENT, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 
