The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-04

painter. After the picture 10 finished, he step
In to take impressions from u, which, wher
highly colored, gives us fair conception Of the
original So, this copying sculpture machine comes
forward and muluplies and ehsapens the copies o.
sculpture, and will enable hundreds OF men smaller
fortunes to have their te gallery ofthe distinguished
heads of our own or Of foreign countries. We
make those remarks, repeat, without having seen
the machine, and supposing that the following de.
scnpdon Of it is correctly given. We hope soon to
see and hear more of the invocation, as we'll the
various collateral Inventions to which il would seem
TO open the way;
"REMARKABLE nyEsTIoE.-During recent visit
in Boston, we were shown specimens OF the pro
duction Of a wonderful piece Of mechanism, which
were, indeed, truly astonishing. They were min
iature busts Of Daniel Webster, Abbot Lawrence
and Levi Woodbury. being perfect fac smiles Of
their distinguished originals, and wrought out OF
beautiful AMEAicAs aAAsLE, and by machine
which has been invented by Mr.. Thomas Blanchard
of Boston.
"This invention certainly establishes a new era
in the art Of sculpture, and promises TO dispense,
almost entirely, with the deep thought, and classic
study, and interchangeable labor Of the artist in his
efforts TO put life and poetry into tho marble for
ture art, everything tangible, can be copied By this
machine, with precision which dehes the chisel,
even when guided by the most skilful hand, and
directed by the most gifted talent. The machine,
too be graduated to give reduced copies Of
any statuary, which shall, in their miniature, be
perfect and exact copies Of the originals in every
thing else but the sze preserving every line, farrow,
and dimpe, andsgving prominence 10 muscles and
veins, and every particular hneament and feature,
in exact proportion. ..
"By the same machinery the most correct and
perfect bas-rslJ profile likenesses may be cut, on
the hardest material and of any size required, from
half an inch TO full life-like size. We saw a srik.
ngly exact cameo profile Of Henry Clay, as perfect
head Of that statesman as We have ever seen in
any OF the busts casts to be found, and Of the
fashionable size for lsdy's breast-pin. Among the
specimens shown us, too, were the heads OF sew
eral Of our acquaintance, cut In cameo and ivory,
the proper size for setting in pins the first glimpse
Of which called before our minds the originals, as
readily as the most perfect daguerreotype or pen
cilled miniature would have done.
1--WE are told that this machine is surprisingly
simple in its construction and il worked with very
little care or cost Mr.. Blanchard, the inventor, is
already distinguished for his extraordinary genius.
He was the inventor and patentee OF the machine
for turning irregular FORMS gun-stocks, DC, and
has produced many other remarkable inventions.
1--WE are assured that the best Of Greenoughs
and Persico's productions, which have cost them
years Of study and effort, can be copied by this
block Of shapeess marble put into its power, will
in few hours stand forth perfect copy OF the most
beautiful and animated ststuary the greatest sculp-
tors ever produced. And. what Is most wonderful,
this machinery may be readily graduated TO increase
or diminish the copy, so as TO furnish colossal
or miniature figure, with equal precision, in all
respects, IN exact proportions"