American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 290
ok his idea from a sleeping knight stretched upon a tomb insome mediaeval cathedral. It is in this exquisite piece of statuary that we have the first realgauge of our sculptors range of power. It is cut from one block of flawless marble, and ow occupies a place in the Lee Mausoleum, at Washington… … m s l-H w J c^ <i o > > P5 p P 1—1 w P^ >^ m &H ^ m pq s D o m 7^ AMERICAN ART 239 received the last touches of the chisel but a few days since, and was exhibited to the public in Richmond, where it created the profoundest sensation The hero is lying in his uniform, as if in sleep,…
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