New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-01
THE BUSY sCuLPToks.
WORK NOW IN RAND.
FILLING IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS

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FILLING IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS
Launt Thompson has Just finished q hast Of q
Professor Bigeiow, who recently reredfrom the car
of Surgery In the Medical School of Harvard College
The win be sent to Massachusetts, be dupr-afrd
marble. and tue finished bust will be set up IN tho
Amphitheatre Of the new Medich College OF Harvard
Mr. Thompson mas commissions for the bronze sqass-
trisn statue of General A. E. Burnside to be placed ina
public square Of Providence, r. T. and for the OF
Admiral Dupont TO erected in Dupont Square. WAIST
ington, D. For the Burnside statue the Arrest laz
been granted the unusual favor of detail" II :
United states soldier aud horse as models. NJ
Augustus st. Gaudeps at work Cd Important private
orders for Cornelius Vanderbilt and for the family Of the
late Dr. Holland Louis St Gaudens Is also at work %
private ordera large alegorcs basrelief for then
house of Henry Willard.
d. g. French Is putting the finishing touches on
group representing Labor Supporting the Homo aud
Promoting the Fine Artsv The commission fror1
the United States Government aud the group VIII bo
placed on the Boston Post Oce, companion to the
piece there representing "science Controlling tho
Forces o. Electricity and steam also the worH of Mr.
French The height of the group, which win be copied
In marble, is Is feet.
john Rogers is at work in Stamford. Conn.,, N
equestrian statue OF General John f. Reynolds, who
killed at the battle Of Gettysburg II Ia subscribed
for by the Reynolds Memorial Association OF Phiadel-
pha and will probably DO placed In Broadst Ia front o.
the Public Buildings IN that city. General Reynolds
IL represented iuciting his troops to action Tho
will be sfst bronze and completed b. next fall
The pedestal II lne, is ter feet high am e statue
itself is one an hall Lines the s'le OF life
Oln L. warners o. 'ctng statue % = lcvsi acr
Buckingham OF 'Jouuecscys He hzs also tszun orr
the statue of William Lloyd Carbon. IL iuc fer
which comes froa. society in Boston. Mr.. ws.5s MAS
recently completed bust OF Mr.. JJ,ln D2n > 81 W.
Jersey.
j. O. A. Ward is busy with the Washington status
he Qul,T hers bronze au0
ready for erection by November 25 Mr. Wards statue
Of Lafayette, has been shipped TO Buriing-
ton, Vermont, anc there Get up In the UNI
versty grounds Lafayette assisted a. the laying Of the
of the University Of Vermont on his Welt
this country in 1924 To this fact Joha
Howard of Burlington has had the statue made NJ accst
Of $4,000. has presented 1t to ms native town. For
his guidance Mr. Ward took the fuiLength pofrst IN
oil OF Lafayette, painted by AIRY schener about 1874
He was also fortunate enough to find at Mount vernon
a bust of the MARQUIS by Davide DANCE, which nad
been presented to Congress by Ange In 1874 In the
Ward Lafayette is standing the body resting on
the left leg The right is raised from the body ana
the right hand grasps whose point turned inward
rests the ground. The left arm s bent ana the mana
rests on the HIP The body s well TO the 'front.' the ead
being turned slightly to the right 90 as to make the Ines
OF direction harmonious The head 10 barred and tho
costume is that Of the period In France The statue "
eight feet high The PEDESTAL OF granite, Designed ~
Richard NJ Hunt is also eight feet IN height Ga the
front of the die the single word Lafayette On the
reverse side are the words "A gift from John Howard
TO the City OF Burlington"
The modelling for the bronze pieces OF the Soldiers ana
Sailors Monument be erected In Buffalo, has just been
completed by Casper BuberL These pieces comprise
troohy shields, huge "drup" crowded with ngnres IN
basrelef and four representing respectively
sailor, an infantryman an artilieryman ana casaiy-
man. The rest OF the monument will be OF granite IN
Gliding figure to be placed at the top OF the column
and e,ablemafic OF tho CITY OF Buffalo which has also
been designed Dy Mr. Buoer The principal group rep
sr fhe items Of ths EssoGtve Mansion Mr Lincoln
stands robed in manic that thsown OF the breast sa
the waist the robe e sghtly gathered ~ Inc pressure
against II there Of the left hand Which hons ~ ~,
right arm has been rafsed uttle iron the stde H&
seward. the Presidents right and wsafisg g, -
frock coat thrown ooen IA turned III profile toweru -
Lincoln. In his lett hand he holds docdment - ~
while with the right hajd he points out 70 ms ~ me
Grooming troops At the lett OF the frssiaeh, s,ai
and turaed toward Mr.. Lincoln Back OF these ngurss
are In low relief the Cabmet-Chase Bates sa,cv
oTonn are characerstic taDeaus showing recruits re-
spending the Presidents call The statues fepfeseus
lag tue different branches OF -arseryce are each efns
feet high and stand pedestals eight feet nvs
inches high These figures stand out rom the monu-
being TWO feet six inches square. Tae figures ALI In
standing POSTURE in dress and accoutrenens rejecting
Toe statue surmounting the monument. to be made Of
granite from hallowe Maine mas heis9t Oh ssn ,set
IL il an embodiment OF the City OF Buffalo. The urd
for the monument $4,000. subscribed by eitzeas OF
Buffalo expected that the monument VIII DC ready
for erection next fall. a..
Casper BuDerl Is the son Of sculptor and born In
Bohes aus most mpSta1t %9IK ana | ssa
the atue or Robert Fulton nj the Fulton Ferry ten
years ago, figures of cavalrynial artu er!man and
Goddess OF Liberty soldiers Monument IA Man
CHESTER N. a., executed in 1879, ana group
made in this year for the National Museum at
Washington ID. c.. representing columbia Protecting
Science and Industry" lie is at work now on frieze
seventy long be duplicated In terracotta Tor tho
Pension Office In washington. Ibe aWaft WAS
made by General NJ. c. Meigs. The subject Is proces-
sion OF soldiers of all the branches, on march