The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-22
Mead and his " Echo" :"

Mead and his Echo"
81. G. Mead, Jr., of Vermont, whose
snow figure Of the Recording Angel" at
tracied so much attention even before he
had settled upon Art as his profession, and
which won him the anonymous encourage
r,ent and patronage OF the late Nicholas
LoDgworlh of Cincinnati, opened studio III
Florence a few months ago. Young, modest
and retiring, his achievements are, neverthe-
less, winning for him an abundant crop of
good opinion, to say nothing Of the more
substantial evidences Of popular favor which
are attending his ambitious steps. His first
work finished in Italy was made to order Of
w. W. Corcoran, the Washington banker,
welI-knovn and enlightened patron o;
American art. Echo as it is called is a
female figure, th!rty-six inches in height,
entirely without drapery, but SO refined in
treatment that the most tastidious bahoider
is completely absorbed in its beauties, and
fails entirely to experience the sense Of indel-
cacy often suggested BY nude statues In
marble. The idea intended to be embodied
is so simply and vet forcible expressed that
we perceive it at g!ance. The figure stands
lightly upon one toot--tue other being raised
/ slightly upon tip-toe. Dne hand holds d
norm, which we see has just been sounded !;
tie other is raised toward the ear, as she
stands with head erect. in an attitude IF in
tense attention, listening for the return OF
ra'es echoed iro~? some opposing height
The figure is wonderfully delicate aud FEM
MAE, and the pose as unsurpassabIy graceful,
Fight nd airv as an " echo should be. In
deed, the easy naturalness perNadisg this
and all of NIr. Maad's work can never tail to
imaress the visitor.
Joseph, the Dreamer and Sappho, Med
i,a:ing the Plunge are two small statuetreS.
Of which copies were ordered by a New
Yorker before the originals had fairly ei;
Mr. Me4d's studio for Paris. Joseph a
fin, muscular figure, !, presented to US ~
n nom: o.! ,,.ne when he has lust been sod
BY h brethren to the Egyptian traders.
Tn s,rkingIy thoughtful air given to the
r.u.s 8 y. ne N.u.st,, ,ho"s "a, .?.at h has
allt,,'y entered upon his significant dream
irs.. Si;gho represents the unfortunate
maiden, vii, her no longer tune!ul Tyre at
her feet, hyr naat.e ,hrovn cartlessly over
an arm. AID uer gsani1y beautiful Greclan
lacr, vxpr ,>;,r i despair too deep Tor moan
ins or t,.rs, Sanding upon the Leucad!an
rock. g.zp1L upon h. welcome Hood III winch
she ! a. III, t. tx .ngui>h life and It's sor-
rows The pathetic story IS admirably tol"
n marble, Indeed, .oth these tatiettes
though of miniature .lz" only'are large enough
r, speak for themselves ana 20 nafF" t 'he''
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