The reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1913)
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, Saint-Gaudens, Homer, b. 1880, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York, The Century co. · leaf 273
e disposition of the design on themedal is nine-tenths of the battle. In other matters my composition calls for the simplestform of inscription and here also I wish your support,of course provided you think well of the idea. On theside of your portrait I propose placing nothing morethan the words,… … a AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS of the arrangement; but if you believe that more isneeded, I will add it with pleasure. A second example of my fatlicrs gratuitous efforts to aidin such ways appeared in his desire to help Mr. Daniel H.Burnham obtain fitting sculpture for the Pennsylvania Rail-road Station…
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 · Sculptors
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