Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 156
borrowed the idea from Ghiberti, had yet ability sufficient to giveus an original work. The Angel of the Resurrection, for the monumentof Colonel Colt at Hartford, is also an important and beautiful creation bythis artist. Larkin J. Meade, of Vermont, has justly won a wide reputa-tion for portrait… … evening.—[e. d. palmer.] designed by Hammatt Billings. One of the noblest art opportunities ofthe century was offered when that monument was proposed. If Mr. Bil-lingss original design had been fully carried out a work would have beenerected of which the country might justly be proud. Lack of funds…
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