, 1864-04-10
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| WuFif- <hnse, St.s1tilIn, .kAl1ev, Chan
der. ,d,,s a.si srSSntsr ,Sns co1,aX. 8;
Izo.s xzc got Els Head ous Of Till
HoA.
| .sAt WAsH,soroH, April z. 1ecl.
! Yesterday stepped into tue studio Of CIArl
Mile, Eco, the artist from whose greatly,
| hand hare come several cuicsttiau STATUES
throughout the country, and who executed
tn bronze, from the plaster OF Crawford, thl
famous t'odttees Of Liberty that crowns tn,
donc Of The Capitol. "A room, llas been rs
7s!gned to him In the Capitol, where, assisted
| turned from Florence, Ee is. employed con
stantly in the execution of busts In claJ
plaster and marble. - :, - =
Very few people have any definite Idea O
the art Of scuiptutc, and think some dc
ecEirtiou Of it may prove Interesting to tilt
premise, lien, by Saying that it Ii aif1lcul,
and almost impossible 70 fad public man
| q man sufficiently distinguished to be pu1
| into marhle-who can colnmand time and pa
| tience to eit for his likeness to be cut in tht
| iMpetishabje stone. To remedy this dlfaculty
1t fus been found indispensable to obtain ii
approximate likeness by some speedy process
to tnke the place Of the sitter, aud from whict
to model the more perfect features and ex
| preston. This approximate face has beer
obtained By different methods.
Washington CustIs, the well known nephew
Of Washington, Is my authority Tor the fol
lowing account :of the. manner in which
Wae'linEton'n cast was taken; and I repeat IL
at the risk Of detractfng somewhat from the
6tateliness and diguits of our ideal OF 4'the
Father Of his Country.", The operation--fo1
it may well be called m operation-was per
fSmea at mt W. ,v,fs1non during the last
Mr.. Gusts relates that the R1ter Estrin was
laid out ot full length upon long table, on
his back, and Lis head put fntoa box, in the
end Of which circular hole was made to i'd
NIT llts neck, aud which was otherWfse made
tight. Two quilts ssere adjusted II bis nos
trile, and passed through the upper side of
the boz, to admit fresh air.. Then plaster. in
soluble state, vas poured In, filling up tue
box This, on acquiring some degree OF con-
sistency. became the mould, or matrix, into
which other Quantities Of plaster were pour
cd, and the first rough resemblance obsstned
in a cast from which the artist proceeded 10
model the true bust
But this process. which Washington en-
duted, Was very tedious and 0Isugrceablc, be-
sides which IT Was found TINT the resemblance
Was almost lost by the compression Of the
weight Of the plaster on the softer portions
of the tacc.
so Mr., Mills has inyentedn simple md easy
plcc1ss, removing both the objections Of the
othcr-cous{stiog in spreading ever the face,
zcs in three minutes, forming firm artificial
cutic1e, which a slight working Of the mus
clcs removes from the face, to become the
matrix tor the frat east. -
When this first cast is obtained, 1t is set up
in place Of the subject, and has tho mc1it Of
never smiltuE, and never changing its ex-
preston. Thus fur the work has been main
II mechanical; but here comcs n demand for
the artist Moist and plastic clay Is brought
piled upon 4 revolving pedcstal, and from
The crude plaster. cast, a model In clay is
wrought by hand and eyc, after ten Thousand
dclicate touches and such caresslng as only
an artist ever learns, md the brown bust
comes forth from tho elaborate manipulation
Of weeks, With more comcllncss Of form; :;
more symmetry OF figure; the halr that was
froTsy or was not at nll. nos thows in Classic
curves; the eye, whose lids were pressed to-
gcthcr, are now Nidc-aWake and full Of fire:
tie checks that were faccId are firm and full !;
the corners of the mouth are lifted t1i1c;
Monus hEs touched the muscles OF. risibflity,
in short this Is the real nlan, while the pal
Lid plaster is the spurious. Now the subject
must spara an hour, while the artist goes
mated expression catches the finishing grace
Of the work.. When this model In clay Is
complete and perfect, plaster model Is built
around it and left to harden, from which, in
time, the final plaster bust is cast. This is
then permitted to harden, when the mould is
cut away from around it, and the work is
DONE
II the piece is to be execnted In marble, In
the place Of the last two processes, are weeks
or months Of weary labor with maliet and
chieel before tho sculptor can. witness his
work completed. -
rough plaster casts yet to be "Borkcd up
it was easy to detect that Of Secretary Chase.
VicSIfesident Hun1in, 8enator Chandler,
Speaker Colfax, and General Ashley. Of the
: House, though 1must confess!that the latter's
bald head rnther startled me-
of the Colonization scheme, and President of
the society, was dreadfuly gloomy, the eyes
unhappy, and the corners Of the mouth drawn
down In the most dismal manner, the whole
expression suggesting that the Doctor must
have heard Of The last blessed taf1urc Of Ills
grand deportation plot when the cast was
taken. .::H'.: . y
The cast OF s1r. Chase'a head was most stri-
king; towering In the moral regions above
all the others, with Force prominent upon
the side and top bead, the appetites and pas
sions chastened, and the mechanical talents,
largest head OF the Eronr,, and how the mas
sire brow expands and rises SO like the brow
Of Websterl But Beneyolence predominates
upon his centre forehead, with more distinct.
ncss than on Webstcr'e.., The great organ Of
Finance-which phrenologi6ts lnadea1ately
name :. calculation '9-swells above the outer
corners Of bis eyes as If it were some unnatu-
ral Development The head Is q noticeable
one for craniolg1st6. Caution large, Venera-
ton small, Casualty and oil .the roacctiycs
immense, Individuality is, thorough
ness, and attention to details -5utting out
like butternut above the nose:-this IL pre-
cmincntly the head Of 4 thinking man and. q
prudent rndical Salmon r. Chase Ia the
doubt If there is another In America whose
mere presence would so impress one with his
greatness. :" &c looks as il he knew enough
TO be President IS the Lnd
4ndest says:
worthy successor Of ofAle2ander Hamilton, who
made the Treasury, and of Robert Morris, who
saved It. ss-..:. =. -.