obHoward of Michigan charged thatshe surely had shown no lack of thatpeculiar talent known as lobbying.Charles Sumner went further. Togive away $10,000 to an unknownartist was ridiculous, he argued.They might as well place her on thestaff of General Grant. Nesmith ofOregon replied that Vinnie… … 30 tor Yates agreed; he had seen VinniesLincoln bust and liked it. And whenSumner countered that a bust washardly a statue (It is no small thingto set a man on his legs), Cowan ofPennsylvania joked: It is no ordi-nary girl who can shake and agitatethis chamber to its very centre. CJumner had…
Ream, Vinnie, 1847-1914 · Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Presidents in art · Presidents · Sculpture, American · Small sculpture, American · Busts
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