Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
VALENTINES ANNEX.
THE ADDITION TO HIS STUDIO ON
LEIGH STREET.
A Suggestive Improvcmcnt-Thc Necessity
for It-Andromache to BE Gu; in Mar
bIc-The Blind Girl.


provements in the city Of Richmond IS the
now studio Of Valentine the sculptor or
TO express il more properly, the addition
10 his old studio. II is suggestive espe-
ciallv for the reason that it demonstrates
taken IN connection with the sculptor's IA
bors, the progress of sculptural art in the
South. and is calculated TO attract attcn-
ton to Richmond az an art centre.
Mr.. Valentines frst studio in this city
after his return from Europe was the back
room on the thlrd floor OF mercantile
establishment situatedon the north side of
Main street between Twelfth and Ihlr-
teenth. II was in truth nothlnc more than
n cuddv. mt he had good northern llGht,
and there hc modelled number OF bu5ts
Of distinguished COnfodera.es-on 81 the
most distinguished being Commodore NJ.
L. MauTy.
THE OLD STUDIO.
The demand upon his genius increased,
and finally he established q studio at 500
cast Leigh street. rcmodollinG IN old build
inc. There he gathered around nun the
ART treasures he had brought from Eurone
and there homOdclled and put INTO marble
his famous recumbent figure OF Lee now in
the mausoleum at Washington and Ice
University. Lexington, Va. Ihere a.o
We're modelled HIS DItthtIIi'l-'s nitN i''t'
hut far from being the least, lbs homeric
group, AudrOmache and Astyanax.
An Artistic RooKTET.
But the fact is the place was never any,
thinr but an artistic rOohery. IL was an
enbarassmept of sculpturai riches. Here
a mask of Frederick the CIR at grlnneo ~
the woman of Samara." there the fury
i,nbucd face Of the Amazon confronted
the pensiye c0untenance OF Humboldt,
then again q Grcclan nymph danced IN
front Of q nun. Here Henry A.. WISE
looked daccers az Edwin Booth. ana there
some old dead and forgotten scientist
scowled at several Confederate generals.
ALrrTLE RELIEF.
Some months ago Mr. Valentine, in or
der to accommodate his visitors, partlcu-
larly his Saturday visitors. established
gallery ct the corner of Leigh and EisEih
strccfs-tho corner above the stud o,-to
which were transferred the plaster Of the
Andromachc the original plaster OF the
Ice recumbcut figure, and many Others o.
his works. and tina, ,alorv has become
permanent institution of the city.
STILL ENcUNDEErD.
Yet despite this relief the old studio was
crowded. The familiar visitor, unless Ice
could secure a stcp-laddcr seat, was AFRAID
that he would s.t down on a bust. "a nugget
Ter I,cxsov.
WI. ...-ocaro Nv Valentino cot HE
IT. u, -,., stst,,c 7bornic
~ ''f oy;r't0, r. md .r,Lsr-
NM H. orJc, f,r the Wickham. and
t',I.t e. ia ,,rasso5 hin, 49,, uf his
~ ~ ..,'l. nozzle fLars wa. no.
nVln' ~ LOU ~" '.,t i-.,llo,, odj;,io,
tnliF 10! nun 10 "V ou' "U'4' o."
10 MS s'uuIo'
THE DIMENSIONS.
This he has done. The addition-or por-
hans il would bebcttor say ihe auneX-.s
i'm the rear of tueold studio. extends across
the entire lot. ard is about thrty-siX t-et
square. II IS iu.lt OF brick. the interior
walls are colorcd with Tuscan red, and Do
has a pitch of about thirty-soveu feet IN the
rioar thereof bolne trusSed soas To render
the rlftcrs available FOR block and tackle i'm
the work of handling marble or heavy
castings. The Light is superb. IN tle sky
Echt are about go square feet ~ j lsS. and
in the sidc-hght, al northern are about
3lf square feet of glass lie uundih2 can
be entered by sevcra! doors, one OF Whlch
would permit the driving m OF, large
wagon. and facos the gate 20 the old STUDIO
yard.
TIE FIRST CARVING.
In this buildinr VIII be cut the N
dromqche." the marble for which was quar-
ri.d ~ Mont Al.isino AL! Is SAID ~ De one
~ Ir,.t .,3 I.rl..t lf,aIe az G+ova