Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 · [New York] Printed at the De Vinne press for Doubleday and McClure company · leaf 106
he bust from the mask of old John Adams is, next to thatof Jefferson, the most interesting of Broweres works. I donot mean for the subject, but for its truthful realism. Thereis an unhesitating feeling of real presence conveyed by Brow-eres busts that is given by no other likeness. They… … Life Masks 53 year as that in which Browere made his life masks, GilbertStuart painted his famous portrait of John Adams at the ageof ninety; and Broweres bust will bear comparison withStuarts portrait. I must tell a story connected with the paint-ing of this portrait by Stuart, which, while a…
Browere, John Henri Isaac, 1792-1834 · Masks (Sculpture) · Sculpture, American
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