The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-03-25

MeAs Asr TO carry il ont by all means. Mrs.
Ssovs y psrsnaded to sit, Notwithstanding the
exeeensso.s At some of her party, who need her
n halt dozen places at once The very next
Day he work bsgiua and is pushed by the art
- morning, noon, and evening, with a zeal
thak eosts ksr ft Of illness when the work is
8 hngih aeoomplishsd.
Ars. Stowe proves herself, on the whole. a
vsry patient sitter, and is kept busy and
anuse1, and in good expression, by a bit of
clay, with which abe herself models little
birds nsst fllsd with eggs, which remains to
this day 10 the Atelier Of Baron de Trequet, a
memorial Of her natural love of art
At Dunrohin Castle, the country seat of the
Duchess Of Sutherland, there grows in profu.
sioa that beaRtiful English plant, the ivy, with
- 6nsly.fosnsd, glossy, dark green leaves. 1t
ia plant beautiful in itself, always favorite
With aEists, and peculiarly striking to strangers.
Ar!. stowe during the visit she had just been
making at the Castle, had one day wreathed
her head with ivy leaves, instead of more elab-
crate and artificial ornament; and 80 appearing
ss dinner, the Duchess had bestowed upon it
snch approval, that Mrs. Stowe had frequently
while there adopted this beautiful head.dress
On hearing this, it occurred to the artist to
wreath the hair of her bust in the same man.
ner and, drawing the curls lightly back from
the forehead, the crown of leaves laid above
them, gave to the head q most graceful and art.
istic finish. II
One day, when the work was nearly finished
three gentlemen entered the studio, all distin.
guished men, one of them learned professor
from Turin. They slightly noticed the work
and went cut Of the Atelier, when somebody in.
formed them of the name of the sitter. They
had ell read her books, and the learned profes
sor, especially, was an enthusiastic admirer Of
them, for they had found their way to Turin
and had been read there with the same interest
as elsewhere. Immediately it became matter
OF urgent necessity to the three gentlemen to
return to the Atelier, and make anxious inquiries
OF Baron de Trequet about some very trivial
subject, and to make most critical survey oil
the bust and of the sitter.
They pronounced the likeness extremely
good e. did also the relatives and friends Of
Mrs. Stowe, who afterwards visited the Atelier
In week, by dint of unremitting labor, the
clay model was completed; the next day il
was cast and packed, and the day after the lady
artist returned to her studio in London. Du
ring the winter months the work was executed
in marble, and was ready for exhibition at the
Royal Academy, at its May opening, where it
attracted much notice and praise; the Duchess
of Sutherland and others, having visited the
studio previously to its exhibition, to bestow
upon it their admiration and approval
This bust of one of the first of Americas
lady writer's, executed by one of the first Of
England's lady sculptors, should surely be pur
chased, in some American city, for art union
library, or public hall; well worthy of an honor
ed place, from the genius that it represents, anC
the grace and beauty of its artistic work.