Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 146
lution in historical art by permitting General Wolfe to die in theclothes in which he went to battle. But in justice to Greenough, whosestatue is in some respects meritorious and important, especially in thebass-reliefs on the elegant chair, it should be said that he never designedto have this… … GEORGE WASHINGTON. [j. Q. A. WARD.] SCULPTUEE IN AMERICA. 145 Last year a sculptor died at Florence who was born in Kentuckynearly seventy years ago. His education was confined to three months ina district school, and his first occupation was chimney-building. JamesHart, although successful in…
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