The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-15

appears TO have many years Of work in him yet though
erect and his eyeas brilliant ever and the good old
vermont stamina in him will carry him through, let us
az pray tor many long years TO come so that the crca
oie SILL more brilliant i.1 fasa4
LoScwoerH POWERS.
hs son. Longworth Powers one OF the INST class pho
tographers Of Italy preparing Of pho,o
graphs Of all his fshess productoss 10 be sent 70 the
United States that Americans who are not fortunate
enough to have seen to own any Of them may have
what is the next best thng capital picture Of them
eeu.ed in the hehes. stye Of art They win be q various
styles and well worthy OF place in airy collection OF
he has also large coecscn Of copies OF various gems Of
art unequalled by any have seen in italy. tla,
The studio Of Mr. w. r Hart ore of the bes, american
sculptors old resident of Florence is In tho Piazza
dell della lnapenSsaz % w5ers he Is now engaged iD model
sculpors q the wored 1t s Of his FIRST efforts in
ideal work and theuSh quite completed gives fun
promise OF being wrshy 70 be ranked among the very
few statues OF female figures existing has yet no
name but the idea expressed that virtue 70 be won
.mns oe addressed Through the mind and eoul and not
sssailed by force Virtue embodied female form,
Jus, rpened INTO pil maturity resting on her right foot,
with hor LETT thrown back, holding IN her upfed left
hand an arrow v St discharged from the bow OF Cupid
plump oeautv boy, who stands tip toe at her right
side and with spficd hands appeals 70 ber to return his
empty qniver, which has fallen and rests ainst him,
giving HIM sdppor. His bow string is broken, and the
yrant tnat SO arroganty and potenv rules the world,
sa2ds con fesscsly dlsarmed and poweress aud com
PIe"y v91quished by peerless virtue, agslnat whom he
nnN cAP~nued MS last weapon In vain. Having failed
W ioree, ami discovered that he cannot s,sccccd
by ms customary tactics he changes them and addresses
himsgf with prayerful looks and moving language to
her teelings and mind With her right arm han Riug
grace fully ~ her SIDE with The hand resting gently uppn
the little Sscas shoulder, she looks down upoa hm
with mingled expression Of injured feelings and emo
SAs Of pity, not unmixsd with Of conscious r
vmph Sho still upholds the arrow but rcfusesto return
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suppets-tbe principal hgurs deriving hers partially
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the empty quiver Mr. Hart has thus succcoded in 70.
lievng himself Of the necessity Of iuroduc hg stump
ngures the necessary support and he has grouped
ssem that the principal ngure sands entirely free,
ne modelling Is mssnaceni both Ssur"s ssins sasssm
eaily and artsscsy correct w EVERY deail 1h3y are
fun Of motion and animation The graoofu undusions
OF the female form, which is entirely nude, are
the very Reetry and ea,bodimest Of life and
beauty The face is OF charming loveliness,
veousIy beautiful The principal Ggure Is certainly
so perfect that NO point h left upon which the crt
moro beautiful concepsn than che Venus ci CanoSs
and more artistically and aithfy embodied Our best
Amsr,ssa scuptors in Rome declare !. 70 BE- the finest
modci Ia Florence Sosne portions such tho or
the vsssE Of Milo perhaps surpass it but a il
isa greater work, win be- sian shsi gem This may
The srsup in marble the jndsmsn. q s viii place
snsas The nEst four gsuns of sr in the wosd NJ Ras
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studio, among .hio4 srs no ossensis q assS. Sscsns
Clay. Chief Jgss.oe Marshall aud eahsssAn <zcslscu,
nns cs 4. ns . n sas health ..s goo s. and
pleasure of msssag He takes lively intsresl Ia every
thing concerning the United st.ss and as sssf s6s
Isnsscky sss osmpssion Of Daniel Boone, "a ss.ssfs
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another ideal aeurc blocked WHICH prnsses 0nsiy,
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isrss and add 70 our nssional rcpuaos 49, VII 70 his
Another scsiptor Of high mests and ~~ll syown4n
the United s;ases, who has studio here, ~ Thomas
building just eutside the walls near rdta %Romana,
where he Ia nsw smbcdyng In marble hts stssno Of Ed
Of coriossas % be appear 10 tie last at No brought
the model sf the bust with him. and has been until lately
snsaged IN n.sdsIng the figure which - nos completed
HIS workmcn have just begun IN rough eutkhe statue In
n marble block II will require year u embody the
design In marble but when completed u wiz he Of
number Of gentlemen Of Boston adm of tho great
American actor The hgure siasds about eletfcot high
more or iees and is aiired In the classic Roman
tune such Corioanus rank and postioa ens led him
10 He stands upon his left iss with dis night
ieft hand he hods ap he drapsrs .eves1ns a. ower
lnbs his rrt hand rests nuy bs has SIDE, nr grasps
scroll, which Is doubtless, the invitation lac aec.nng
from the Remains 20 return to Rome The Jss>
ful and fun OF motion The portrait " csorcnt aud
gives clear and effective expression Of the chAract Mr.
Forrest persopste The artist has been very snccesful
tha' mark ule nne head of the original fhe statue,
when complotod will be- an ornament any city
only artistic CREATION bot Iasting uomoria of
Of the greatest acton that the world has produced
Another wosk on which Nr BAH s now engaged is the
head u Edward Everett, from model made fusn Ife
nve nce, and sed the death ~ that rm
nent man Il V NOT quite completed a. yet but sum
cienty 10 show that Il " faithful proTaif of tho states
at ths time 0f hts death Mf Bai has succeeded IN
catching aud embody ng In hs bust ue snnaed GENIAL
aud refined expression which Mr. Everett Constantly
wore IL IL fr colossal Of the deccasod 20 bo
eight and hsf feet In height and rcptosentng him In
the attitude of oratoy. The ngurc has yet boeD
menced, but Wall be AT early day
Mr. Ball II hn.shing, ia marble, capital bust ~ tho
historian Prescott, which ia pronounced Gne Akenea
Tho countenaoee has all tha, mild b~ninsnan gsniai
and scholarly expression that Mr. Prescott wore.
NJ. Bail showed me In his apartments, in Casa Guida,
HIS unfinished rtaiuetts of Mr. Lincoln freeing the
slave The 6gsrs Of Mr. Lincoln is about three feet
high and clothed IN modern attire He - standing on
sady II,,,e In, tnrrars H. rsb, hand ress anon
shield supported by collection of books among which
In copy of the constitution, NC ON them repo-es the
his feet in knssing attitude Is The hgurs q freed
slave, whosc head In the liberty cap, denoting hw
condition, WITH eyes peerng into the future Nth
proud look Of Intelligence ans hope Under him the
broken chains, and behind him, n suppor broken
shipping post, % the foot of which fragments Of
whip aud manHcies Mr. Lincoln ia ths u bbrsr.
rg him. a. with he left outtretched arm he bids bin
Gefspecd In his The Story Ia told In very
clear and effective The grouping ID 1ne and tho
modelling artistic TIE likeness % Mr. Lincoln N ex.
oeeiingly good While he expression Of the face Of the
freed slave the natural emotions Of Joy and
east IN bronze for preservation On the compilation of
his rtsfue OF Mr. forresf Mr. Ball Will return 70 il.e
Unitsd States with tsi and hts statue az Mr. Everett
a JsfEOs.
Near Mr. Har's rtsdiols that of Mr. J. A. Jscksoa Who
Tor sons time IN New York, and vbo Has been hero
or THREE years engaged hs artistic lsbors Among
the works be has produced ho c2ne here hs
'icupnt Fay Eve snd Abel " Dawn and Of ber pisces
the name, q which 20 nc, nos 70 all w great work.