The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-18

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- - AZ Mr.. erswferd.it becones inter
- ., ,,oss the cooditiou of tbewotk eonfded
~, ~ rho contract betSeea him aDa the com
.-,,s.,,.,.rs Of the Washington Monument OF tue
VIRGINIA Asyet, Mrs. CRAWFORD has made
-, c,o,eanics,isn herself TO the commissioner
al vi se have with regard 10 the condition OF the
.,.,u,. vet 10 he made, Is through letter from Mr.
u,,xsa. The American Baker at Rome. This Is
contained in Il letter, Transmitting various a"cu
.n.,, relating to the transistion AID shipment OF
,ha gouss,fiaa statue Of Warrington. IL Is dated
.scarlsb,d: Bohemia, 22at August From 1t, we
make the following extracts:
..vr cyawfor.l,s heslsa far several weeks pas''
t,s tsen s,sca az to require Mrs Crawiorus con
slant asteation and abe has po' oeea A. rs 80
/, ,n hersele and it il At her desire thar now
i 10 tus,~u, you Of the progress OF the two stat
No, 81 Nssaa'' AID 'NsTshaa. which we're com
n,cocea in Autuu. on Mr.. Grswf'rd's return from
hi. moaels fhe former only reqalsed , ,sw Gays
thi.k must be finished In plaster by this time.
~r,. agure of Marshall stands waiting for the
~ rhs vessel which took the bust from New
~ No. met with disasters and been 20 Bermuda
Ga dis rrss; bat hopo has reached Asrseilles by
thn tine.
si BY the two modelers whom Mr.. Crawford relies
npca to carry on. his designs.
'Nrs Crawford says she does not remember who
thu ",her two hguress are TO be. Mr. Crawford has
msic lie designs,
.As all hopes of Mr. Crawford's ever resuming
hi. laoors have passed away, arrangements have
been una 10 10 have all his contracts fulfilled where
designs aud models have been msde. and every
care viii he taken that ae work leaves his studio
that woald jsoparli.e his fair tame.
From this. thea. il appears that all the contracts
are to be oiled where designs md mrlls have been
"mslc" Yet we are left to infer that artfis have
been made from Ir. Crswford's designs by model
lers whom "Mr. Crawford relies upon The pro-
cess Of making statue In bronze IL one OF which
we confess know not great deal but one
thing we know, aud that is, that the artist em
pl0yed - make aud fashion statue must have a
hand in the ,noic!ing-he must flush IL of snd see
THAI II IL good AMI correct else the statue cast
from i, is not his work. An artists designs are
generally crude and rough-littie more than char
coal ss, ;cliss and it is Impossible that any but
hi,nsrl can from them catch his Ideas, and transfer
them either to clay Or marble he would himself 1t
is prpsumabie that the models If Mother Mason
MARSHALL received this finishing touch from Mr..
CrswfJrds own hands. as no soon after his
tarn. attacked 10y the disease which terminated his
life. Marshall could not have received it, as the
head was not upon il when Mr.. Hooker wrote In
Au-ast sometime after Mr. Crawford Was utterly
iic,pacitated FIR his profession
II We may apprehend that these two received not
their final Expression and spirit from the hand aud
sciius OF the great master to whom they we're
trusted, what may We not infer with regard to the
statues of Lewis and Nelson? 1t is said that Mr.
Crawford left designs Of these but to mako the
statues from these designs would be like attempting
oration of a great orstor-s Webster-fron his
imperfect notes. TIE statues made by others after
the designs Of Crawford, will not be his statues.
bnt theirs-all thers: The form, the features, the
e. 2resson, the soul, will he theirs They must a,
least make the hsdd of Marshall, and the bodies
and heads Of Lewis and Nelson, without the head
OF hand OF Crawford to direct aud control
The question ARISES, will the State Of Virginia re-
eeive statues made in this way' We are assured
that NJ statue will be sent from Mr.. Crswford's
studio that is not worthy of his fame; but who de
Giles this question: Is it to be left to the heirs
end administrators of Mr. Crawford and Is not
tbe State Of Virginia to have yoics in the matter
Mr.. CraVfurdis dead. lie was employed to make
the statues; he cannot make them, and none can
make them for him as he would have made them
Therefore the contract should he null and void for
he'd work.
Mr.. Crawford leaves bis family very wealthy,
aid there can be claim to the completion of the
work i0r their benefit on the score Of humanity :
ani as there can be none on that of right we can
not suppose that the state will acquiesce in the
clan developed in the letter of Mr. Hooker The
statues Tor The monument that we're conaied TO
s:T Crawford ought not to be transferred. without
the assent Of the State, to inferior artists that are
entirely unknown to the commissioners II seems
10 Rs that il would be well TO stop further proceed
jn.;r by Indicating this much to the persons en-
gagged III putting head to Marshall and making
s,ntues from the designs If Crawford without h,
head to guide them. 1t would be well TO indicate
as much to the representatives of Mr. Crawford
ami thus, perhaps, prevent loss to them
Seen. Andrew Lewis and Gen Thos Nelson