St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-14

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while she labored. heart ard soul at III a
per, the first creation If her genius, watch
ing its growth beneath Her hand, as /,
I young mother watches step bYs step the
4 progress off hor first abern;4 ineaAaiing il il
| with the plastic clay allssthgse thousand
hopes and feaSSs, which turn. BY turn
charm and agitate all WHO aspire. All
length, the clay model finished, Block oi
marbl was sought and found, nd3brobght
| hhoom 10 the shed in the garden, hitherto
appropriated to dissecting purposes, but
now fitted up as q studio Here, With
her own small hands, the youthful maiden
short o. stature, and delicate in make, any
thing but robustin health, with chisel
and rnaikst blocked out the bust, and sub
sequently with fasp and file, finishcdlit to
the last degree 81 # nIanlpulatiye perfection.
Months and mouths this it took, and hours and
days Of quiet toll and patience, but those
wings OF genius, persey eIance Y and indus
try, were hers, and love lent zest + to- the
work. lt:wAs late summer in 1852, before
Hesper was fully completed, j .gs.is.s., l..
Snow said .. its author to her father,
81 ain ready to 60 to Rome ~ 7@&'5'f' 70
= ssAnd 60 you Shall, nay child, this very
autumn, was thereby @5sT ill., s.~
Anxious as Pr ;Hosmer was to facilitate
1n g every very way the career bis daughter had
c,htosen, there was yet another reason for
going to Italy before winter set in.fs Study
and nervous anxiety had made their i'm
presslon upon a naturally delteate constitu-
ton, and q short dry cough alarmed the
worthy doctor for his is child's health. j&a
October tc1o OF 1902 saw father .s and daugh-
ter on their way TO Europe,sthe st. Louis
diploma and dagtlerrotypes OF Hesper be-
ing carefully slowed away in the safest cor
nef Of the portmanteau, as evidences Of
what the young artist had already &C.
hleyed, when, arrived dat Rome she should
seek the instruction net! Of one oftwo masters,
whose tame, wq1ll:t,del--,wide, could only sat-
lsfy our ul asplrants ambition. 50 eager
was her desire to=reach Rome, that a week
only was given to- England, when, joining
some friends IN farfs, the whole party pro-
csed e.: g 70 home, arriving in the Eternal
Clty On the me evening Of October 1882.
Within two days the daguerrotypes
were placed IN the hands Of Mr.. Gibson,
as ne sat at breakfast inthe Cafe Greco,
H. H. famous place Of resort iori artists.
Nov, Be it known; 81 " as a caution to- wo-
men en- not toenter llg htly upon any career,
to throw tup as lightly upon the first Diff
Guilty which arises thasta prejudice ezis.
ted IN Rome against lady u; artists, from
the prctentlropn9s !, with which some had re-
paired d thlther, and upon which they had
succeeded in gaining access o}somoo Of the
best studios and Instructions from their
masters, to throw these valuable oppurtu-
mites aside at the first obstacle that arose
thus victimized and annoyed, and it was
represented to Miss ,Hosner as doubtful
in the extreme if he would either look at
the daguerrotype o. listen to the proposal
Of her becoming his pupil, However, the
daguerroty pes were placed before him, and,
taking them into his hands, and found.
one presenting. a full and the ether a pro
file view of the. bust, he sat, some mo-
ments in silence, looking intent!y at them.
Encouraged By this, the young sculptor
who had undertaken to present them
proceeded to explain Miss Homer's lin
tentions and wishes, what she had already,
done, and what she hoped to do Still
Mr.. Gibson renal aed silent. Finally.
closing the cases, =
asend the young lady tonne" saidhe,.
"and whatever I know and cal, teach
her she shall learn. !.
In less than a week Harriet Hosmer