St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-08-14
The Studio of Mead. the Sculptor
FLORENCE, June, 1868.

treasury dcDartmpnt Mt WASHINGTON and
had nearly an hundred men emnloved. if
presented quite a brisk business annc,r-
ance. The sides of the bankinc room
are to he of poli.hed yellow Siena mar
bic. with pilasters and Crock nediments
of white Carror, m,ry,Ia ,nd H., .ti...t
!. very fine
Mr. Mead i = vo,ro mn, and =
seems increJibIa that hn can L,v, L.d
time in his short life 10 have ac,o,n-
plished all that one secs in walkipo
through his rooms. 1t was only a few
years aro. when little more than = Child
that he made in the Garden aJrniuiu,, his
t,tirr's hons. ms first ..otr. -..,l.,. r.
ror,li,.c ANGEL =" m s,,,,r. , sIinit roi,,
.oIlowrd bv cx,r.,j;rn r,lJ w,othc,.
hardened i to IT,, and i r,,,.,i,,rI A.,
admiration of tLa ,oiohhorbnol ani M
rom Vino, towns tn,. III, ,,,.I,. !, ,,..,.
tb, means nt. cro,+iu., .i,-iuort;,I t;.;orl.
for MIR Mead and tnrtunn s,.,rn. tn I.,v,
smiled kindly unon him from, rLa VERY,
first. lie rcproduccd his .\uoeI'' i'm
marble. and believe ALWAYS ha, one in
Z ~ IL
other takes il, place. After In,ll;uo at
4 orcat many of the statuc- and s,rino
the uuontiti,. of worl, commenced
turned tu the author with uIlr,, ruri.---
t.. and Scannin. the sliuht and anua-r
boyi,h firnre and delicate. refined face.
exclaimed invountarilv, ..Wby. vru
should be an old man to have accom-
aliShed all that g. here. even thuugh
vou work throuuh fine uioht =. we'll a..
II,v. and can -c,rr,.Iv hrIipvr vuu .,..
the sculntor himself"
He laushed and such 4 aleetul hearty
laugh that it made him seem Younger
than ever Emo one could ever !annh like
;hat who not been successful, and lurlu-
nate in Ete). and REPLIED that h, IVA.
,erv sure no one. no sculptor at least.
would care to claim auythInu there. and
he only wished they were better work
IF art''-truc answer of 4 true artist
Our ewes fell first upou the colossal statue
,f fine "Rc,urn.d Soldier and hi, Child"
lie has sold two copi,-. one colossal and
one life size, in New York. The soldier
,s sitting with his little arl ON his knc,
and recountine to her the story OF hi-
dangers and hard,hips during the war
lie is absorbed in his narrative and OBJ
( hyiouS of the present, lille the face of
/ the little one, who nestle, lovingly against
/ his shoulder. wears an EXPRESSION OF ,or-
row for his hard cxpericnce and sutirr-
inc,. mingled with iov at his safe return
and perfect content at being once more
in his arms.
There was quaint but beautiful statue
named ..NIvstery." \ female figure -it-
ting on sort OF Egyptian throne, hold-
in@ the lamp of life. All the attribute
of Mystery are disposed about hyr-,t.
owl, the keys. cite. The SphynN of T..
dark aGee Is on the lett and the "od''n
veilcd SphynN on the right. Tic t1r. I-
.ravely beautiful, seda'e calm. --".a...
! The head l. crowned with a no-t uA.4a
but graceful hca1dre~S. 1t very od'hty
= lis great attTactloE-"Hr wi~''- I.
/ penetrate the my >terr OF Il. Mr.. Mead
las sold -tycr;.i copies. What l. 'm-
statue lcuquiroi. ''Mvstcry. .r,ii',.
/ HIr. Mead @rtyoiv, but with very urth-
tuI eyes.
''lcs, l know but 'rIsh my-t'ry-
what suggested il What dos II mt2
III part.cat''' p
Nh" said Mr. Mead with his morry
laugh, ''H'9tS the qnn>t'.a, II came g.,
IN and haunted me, and w@5 o'a.-eI
20 model it hut its .u't as murA q. ;
mystery to me as to any one c!se wh
looks At it And 50 We tool, the beau.
.ifui mystery away in our memory. In
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