PARK AND CEMETERY 
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MONUMENTAL NOTES. 
The monument to Sir Arthur Sullivan, 
the great English composer, shown on this 
page, was recently unveiled in London. It 
stands in the gardens of the Victoria Em- 
bankment on the Thames, almost in the 
shadow of the Savoy Theater, where his 
greatest triumphs in the Gilbert & Sullivan 
operas were won. 
It embodies a pedestal and base of Port- 
land stone, with symbolic sculptures in 
bronze, surmounted by a bronze portrait 
bust. Leaning against the front of the 
pedestal is a half-draped bronze figure of 
great beauty, typifying grief. The figure 
is the work of W. Goscombe John, R. A., 
and is a poetic and sculptural conception. 
At the corner of the base, apparently care- 
lessly thrown down, is a bronze decoration 
consisting of laurel leaves, the open score 
of the “Yeomen of the Guard,” a guitar, 
and the symbolic mask of comedy. 
The work as a whole is a particularly ap- 
propriate and sympathetic composition. It 
embodies enough of the ideal to give it 
meaning as a work of art, and the bust 
gives it the individual element as a me- 
morial. 
The funds for its erection were raised by 
private subscription. 
On the back of the pedestal the following 
words, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, from the 
“Yeomen of the Guard,” are inscribed: 
MONUMENT TO SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN IN LONDON. 
Is life a boon ? 
If so, it must befall 
That death, whene’er he call, 
Must call too soon. 
The sketch model for the equestrian statue of Gen- 
eral Gustavus Sniper to be erected in Schlosser Park, 
Syracuse, N. Y., has been completed and is on exhibi- 
tion in that city. The statue will be of bronze on a 
granite pedestal 5x8x7 feet. The monument was de- 
signed by Architect C. E. Colton and will be modeled 
by F. Moynihan, of New York. General Sniper is rep- 
resented as issuing a command for a military maneu- 
ver. His left hand grasps the bridle, the right arm is 
raised and extended, the forefinger indicating some 
objective point in the maneuver. The coat, hat, boots 
and other accoutrements are modeled carefully after 
those used by General Sniper in actual service. The 
bronze is to be cast by the Gorham Company, of New 
York, and Architect Colton is now receiving bids for 
the erection of the work. 
With the exception of those dedicated to the mem- 
ory of Washington, there are more monuments erected 
in honor of Lincoln than of any other president, says 
Leslie's Weekly. There are imposing memorials to his 
memory in the following cities : Springfield, 111 . ; two 
in Washington, D. C. ; one in New York, Brooklyn, 
Buffalo, Boston, Philadelphia, Columbus, O., Chicago, 
and San Francisco. 
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Congress has finally accepted the statue of Father 
Marquette, which has long been standing in Statuary 
Hall as the representative of the state of Wisconsin. 
It was modeled by Gaetano Trentanove, but its ac- 
ceptance was delayed owing to objections to the ad- 
mission of the figure in the garb of a Catholic priest. 
The question of admitting a woman to Statuary Hall 
has also been brought into the discussion owing to the 
fact that Illinois has appropriated $9,000 for a statue of 
Frances E. Willard to be modeled bv Helen F. Mears. 
