Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 246
d Mansfield, andit was erected in the north transept of Westminster John Flaxman 215 Abbey shortly after his return. It stands there inmajestic grandeur, a monument to the genius of Flax-man himself, — calm, simple, and severe. No wonderthat Banks, the sculptor, then in the heyday of hisfame,… … Penelope and the Suitors, by Flaxman. statue of Mansfield, they were eager to have him en-rolled among their number. The Royal Academy hasalways had the art of running to the help of the strong ;and when an artist has proved that he can achieve areputation without the Academy, then is the…
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