Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-07-01
GFrom the SandusRy Register, June 2sl
7. D. Jones Design of the Perry Monu


We are glad to learn that the Executive
Committee of the Battle of Lake Erie Mon,
ument Association" have adopted the appro,
PIRATE and significant design Of 4. d. Jones,
sculptor Of Cincinnati, 10 commemorate the
brilliant victory achieved by o. II. Perry,
near Put-in>Bay, on the tenth of September,
1913. The design is naval column, as
much so as the lines Of naval architecture
will permit one hundred and sixty feet high,
and to be erected on the highest point of
the Island of Gibraltar, where Perry had his
lookout. The extreme hight of Gibralter
above water is forty feet-making the whole
hight Of tho column above the level Of the
lake two hundred feet-where one of the
greatest marine views Of the world may be
seen The greatest breadth OF base inclu-
ding three courses, is twentyrseven feet by
four feet six inches high; breadth of dado,
or die of pedestal, is twenty feet by eighteen
feet high; breadth Of cornice over pedestal,
twenty-four feet by five feet six inches high;
diameter of shaft of column at base, twelve
feet six inches; length of shaft of column,
ninety feet; hight of capital, twelve feet six
inches; hight of pedestal for statue, twelve
/ feet hight of statue of Perry, crowning the
whole, eighteen feet
| The three base courses of stone are as
plain as could be desired. Tho die of the
pedestallis-as though a section of man-of
war had been taken from amidships-- pierced
with ports to receive the guns used in the
battle of Lake Erie provided they can be
procured. ln the cornlcs OF the pedestal all
ornsment is dispensed with. The shaft OF
| the column is without flutes or ornament
plain as the "mast of some grand admiral"
The capital, like that OF the Corinthian or
der, is the principal feature of the column
The capital, though in three parts, forms q
complete whole. The first, or lower section
/ is formed by boldly-eurved marine shells
! instead Of acanthus leaves. The second OF
middle section Of the capital, is composed oi
four prows of ships boldly projecting, surf
mounted by -four figure, heads, the rails
terminating on the "hawse'holes" in
the bows, &c. The upper, or third section
of the capital, forming the abacus, is com
posed of the bulwarks of the four prows
and "cat-heads' sustaining the weighing an
ehOrs.
The pedestal surmounting the capital, t
receive the statue, is boldly. executed can.
stan. The statue will be eighteen feet high
suitable to the whole hight-two hundred
feet from the lake. The panel over the dool
(entranoe to the spiral stair case to asconc
the cOlumn) VIII be OF white marble eigh
feet long by FIVE feet high. Sculpturcd il
bold relief (alto-relevo) is a group of ilyC
figures in boat representing Perry passing
from the Lawrence to the Niagara to com
plete the battle. Except tho panel over the
door, the whole of the monument is intended
to be erected of the best of lime stone,
The landscape surrounding the base Of the
oOluAn, and all the necessary accessories
the trees the neighboring islands, the lake
the passing yessels-are perfect transcripts
from nature, all beautifully drawn in water
colors by the accomplished artist Henri
LOWE, OF Cincinnati
The corner stone Of tho Perry Monument
will be laid with all due ceremonies on the
10th Of ofSeptember next