The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-30
REVERE'S STATUE.
Description Of the Proposed
Work.
THE YOUNG BOSTON" ARTIST.
The work assigned mr.. DalIiI
to Cost Twenty-Five Thou
sand Dollars.

The statue which viii commemorate
the famous Boston hero of the Revolu-
ton, Paul Revere, is to be made by G.
E. Dallin, young artist of this city.
Yesterday the committee appointed
TWO years ago chose his model as the
one eminently fitted for the honor of
celebrating in bronze the well known
story OF that morning ride. In 1882
this committee issued circulars to
artists requesting their competition for a
statue of Paul Revere, and leaving to
their win the choice of design. Ten
models were offered, all of these with
one exception being equestrian statues;
the exception represented Paul Revere
standing alone with no ;estive en-
bellishment, One of tne remaining
models represented him standing upon
the ground, Just on the point of mount
ing very fiery steed. The committee
selected the three best models and gave
TO their designers the premium OF $500
each, butt was felt that no one of
these three was exactly what they
wanted. So negotiations were begun
with various artists and continued for
over a year. Different models were
presented and considered. An effort
was made to have the commission given
to some artist without asking for a
model, but this was refused. Tuesday
the committee nearly unanimously
adopted the second model of c. (.
Dallin. his first model having been
among the three which received pre-
Eniums. The committee took the pre-
caution to call in different gentlemen to
view the model, and they also procured
the opinion of the best artists. All of
these were favorable to Mr., Dallin's
model, and the letters written by some
of the most eminent artists expressed
the warmest praise and congratuiation
70 the young artist.
The statue is'tO be Of bronze, double
life size, mounted on granite pedestal,
similar in these respects to the Wash
ington statue upon the Public Garden.
It represents Paul Revere stopping for
a moment in his swift course through
the towns to warn the people in the
streets or at the doorway of the sp-
stands with uplifted foot, and with
curved neck tightly bowed to the breast,
Dicturing perfectly the Impotence of a
steed fred with an excited course over
the roads and then suddenly drawn TO
standstiIl. Upon his back sits Paul
Revere, clothed in the long, high cut
semi-militarJ coat of those days, and
With the Continental three cornered
soft felt hat upon his head. His left
hand holds firmly the restraining reins,
while his right is extended backward
IN easy gesture to illustrate the subject
of which he Is talking, the approach Of
the British from behind. One OF the
chief beauties Of the representation lies
IN the serious, earnest expression of the
face, drawn with tense lines which
express fully the anxiety OF the meSsen-
ger. No attempt has been made TO
render the geatures q counterpart OF
Paul ReYere's, except in incidental shape
of head and other minor points; the
statue is net simply a statue Of Paul
Revere, but representation OF the
scene of which that character happens
TO be the happy incioent-itis really an
ideal memorial of the great national
struggle. & casting of the model viii
be made to-day, and next week it will
be put on public exhibition. The final
bronze statue, il is expected, will stand
upon Copley square, the committee
have petioned the City Government
for that location.
C. E. DalIin, the artist whose model
has been chosen over all others, Is q
young man apparently not over y years
Of age. He resides now In Boston,
though last summer was spertin Utah.
He studied under T. II. Bartlett of Bos-
ton, and afterwards under s. II. Morse
OF Quincy, and only finished his lessons
4, -, t. net -
work, and the success Of the young artist
is therefore the more cOmmendable.
The model which he first submitted to
the committee wss somewhat similar in
design to the accepted model; the first
one, however. had the horses head
drawn far up In the air by the frightened
reins, in less graceful position than
the present, while the riders out
stretched arm was extended straight
from the shoulder instead of in the
present natural gesture. The young
artist has his studio at the corner of
fremont and West Street.
The committee now desire to receive
subscriptions for the statue Enough
was originally raised to pay the pre-
NUNS, but none remain on hand, The
statue viii cost $95 900. The city of Bos-
ton has subscribed 5000, to be paid on
the completion of the monument, leav-
ing 700 TO be raised by, private sub
scFiption. Early gifts are hoped for. SO
that the work may begin at once and be
carried rapidly on. Two sub-commit-
tees have been chosen, a committee te
issue u circular to the people, consisting
of Mayor Martin and ex-Mayor Lincoln;
and a Committee on Finance, consisting
of Edwin Wright, Charles w. Slack,
Charles Y. Written, Solomon B. Steb-
bins, Matthew Appleton and D. Webster
King. Contribution may be sent to any
member OF these two committees.-BoS
ton Journal.