The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-11-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

LUOhL AE 4 Aims.
WIN. II. RiyEHARr. We announced last
week The death of this eminent sculptor which
occurred in Rome, Italy, on the 2Sth Of 0cto-
ber We take from the Baltimore papers the
iollowine synopsis Of his life and works;
Inc late VIM. II. Rinehart was born in
Iso6 in what is now Carroll but was then
Frederick county. His father was farmer,
owning the property on which he lived and
earning comfortable subsistence from its
products. On this farm in his earlier years
Young Rinehart worked, occasionally varying
his labors ia the field by driving his fathers
team to Baltimore. An unexpected circum-
stance gave a turn TO his career by developing
the talent that was latent within him. A mar.
bic quarry was discovered on the place, and
the elder Rinebart furnished from il grave.
stones TO the neighborhood, young Rinehart
doing his first work at stonecutting in shaping
and occasionally ornamenting in a rude way
these memorials of the dead. Seeking fur.
ther improvement in his art, on attaining his
majority be came TO Baltimore, and found
employment as n journeyman stonecutter in
the establishment of Messrs. Baughman &
Beyan, with whom and with Mr. Hugh Sisson
he remained for several years, gradually &C.
quiring greater dexterity with the ehisel, and
practical experience in ornamental work.
for which he soon evinced unusual talent
During this period he carved directly from
the block, without previous modelling, several
small busts Of Gen. jackson and other per.
sons, whose names are now forgotten. Among
his earlier works was bouquet, fine chiseled,
and now in possession Of Mrs Germon ii.
Hunt. Another fine specimen Of his earlier
powers is the statuette OF negro cutting stone.
Ii is In black marble, the face and hands be.
ing polished, and the dress left of the natural
grayish tint OF the rough stone. 1t is now in
the possession Of Charles ii. Reese, Esq. In
1854 Rinehart, with scanty MEANS went to
Italy, and for two years, under many priya
tions, pursued the study Of his art in Florence,
returning home at the end of that period
poorer than when he left, but bringing with
him the two bas reliefs Of Night and Morning,
which first brought him into notice by atten.
ton being called to them through the news.
papers. These has reliefs were intended for
a Mr.. Stone, Of New York. but found pur.
chaser in Mr.. Augustus j. Albert who still
has them. For two years Rinehart remained
in Baltimore, opening his studio in Carroll
Hall, and during this period he received a
commission to model two caryatides-repre-
senting Hunter and Backwoodsman-i
the support Of mantelpiece in the Capitol;
but they evinced so much talent that General
Megs, the architect, employed on the extern
sion Of the Capitol gave them n more con.
spicuous and safer position as supporters of
the great clock Of the House of Representa-.
tiyes. He also modelled head of Moses, rs
one Of the great law givers of the world, and
which with others were to form the keystones
of the arches OF the Capitol but a change In
the plan prevented the use of any of them.
AT a later day, when his friend Crawford, the
sculptor, died, Rinehart was commissioned
to complete his unfinished work on the bronze
doors OF the Capitol, an evidence of the great
estimation as a sculptor in which he was al.
ready held. In 1858 Rinehart sailed again
from Baltimore to Italy. going directly to
Rome, which city from that time he made his
home, only broken by an occasional excursion
to the North of Europe and by two trips TO
the United States, one in 1860 and the last in
1873.
OF his works, so many of which are among
the art treasures of Baltimore we take the
following account Ills slatuette of ''Hero"
is ownedby Mr. Augustus J. Alberta replica
of the same being in the possession of Mr.,
George Small. His 'l.eander'' is owned by
Mr.. l.. Riggs. The "Woman of Samarai Is
owned by Mr. w. T. Walters, and there is a
fine monumental figure in bronze in the Green.
mount Cemetery which stands on the lot of
Mr.. Walters. In Loudon Park, at the tomb
of Capt. J. b. Fitzgerald, stand the statues of
"Christ' and the "Angel ofthe Resurrection"
both Of which are fine works ''l.atona and
her Children, p the infants Diana and Apollo.
was ordered by DIR. Lewis, of Virginia, but
though the model was completed il had not at
last adyiccs been put in marble. "Ataanta
poised for the Race'-a buoyant little statuette
belongs to DIR. Keener, "Eudymion,''
beautiful youth lying asleep belongs to Mr.
John W. Garrett A life size figure of the
little daughter Of Mr.. 4. b. Newcomer Is also
one of his most cherished works, equally
charming are the figures, or the sleepine
children in Mr.. Sisson's lot In Greenmount
cemetery, of which Mr.. c. Morton Stewart
has a replica During his last visit TO Balti.
more he modelled n monumental figure for n
Mr.. Payne, of Troy, New York. "Clytie,"
an exquisite ideal figure, is one of the art
treasures of the Peabody Institute, and now
doubly valuable, as il is probably the greatest
of his works The heroic size statue Of Chief
Justice fancy, that stands in the yard of the
State House at Annapolis is also an enduring
monument Of his shin. Besides these he has
made u great number of portrait busts.
Among these may be mentioned that of Mr..
John ". Garrett and that of his father, Mr..
Robert Garrett Mr. W. Il. Walters, Mrs. and
Miss Walters, Mr.. s, Tackle Wallis, Mr..
Abel, editor Of the Sun Dr. Whitridge, Mr..
Oliver O'Donnell, Mr.. j. f. Newcomer, Mr..
Henry Johnston, Mrs. Johnston, and several
81 uitW CnlIureu; Mir. John Hlulply, OF
Hampton, and his child, and Mr.. Thomas
Scott aud Mrs. Scott.
In the spring Of 1873, while in Baltimore.
Rinehart then being in perfect health, made
his will--4most of his means heinn invested In
securities in this country. His estate, which
Is roughly estimated at from forty to fifty
ph0nsand dollars, he bequeaths as follows;
10 his hive brothers, who are all prosperous
citizens Of Maryland, he leaves $1,000 each.
All the remainder Of his estate, after provi.
Jung for his interment in our Cemetery Of
ureennloqpt he leaves to art uses. He APP
points as his executors Messrs. w. l. Wal
ters and B. Z. Newcomer, who are also made
me trustees for carrying out his beqnest in
relation to the resduary art endowment. No
special plan is enjoined on the trustees, but
shey are at liberty to use the fund for Pro.
iessorship of Art in connection with the Pea.
city that mny he established FIR tba nrono-
ton, of art, or the income arising from the