The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-24
SOME NOTED VISITORS.
A Famous Sculptor and Some of His
Works.
Albert Bruce-Joy Admires Salt Lake
Prince Nicholas Scharbatou, of
ST. Petersburg, in Town.

Albert Bruce-Joy, the famous English
sculptor, whose magnificent bronze statue
of Gladstone was recently unveiled in the
White city, arrived here yesterday and
made a pleasant call at The HERALD
Office.
Mr.. Bruce-Joy has been in America
about two months, and is delighted with
the country. He has "done'' the coast
thoroughly, and is now on his way east.
He was born in 1912 in Dublin, and was
pupil of John Foley. He is brother OF
the painter, G. w. Bruce-Joy, and his
father was Dr.. w. Bruce-Joy, one OF the
most celebrated scholars of his time.
Albert Bruce-Joy is a member OF the
Royal Hibernian academy and fellow OF
the Royal Geographical society. He was
the representative for Great Britain on
the international jury of fine arts at the
great Antwerp exhibition in 1885.
His first exhibit was in the Royal acad-
envy in 1866, and since then his work has
been displayed there each year, and he
has been one of the largest contributors.
His first colossal statue was that of Jonn
Laird, which was unveiled in Hamilton
square, Birkenhead, in 1877. 1t is con-
sidered one of the finest works of art IN
the British kingdom. The commission
for the Laird monument he obtained by
competition, his two models being placed
first and second out of sixteen sent In.
Since that time he has refused to compete
except in one case, that of the handsome
Harvey tercentensry statue, executed by
him ID 1879, and which in 1881 was placed
on the Lees at Folkestone.
Among Mr.. Bruce-Joy'5 other works is
the statue of Lord Chief-Justice White
side, st. Patrick s Cathedral, Dublin; the
statue OF Christopher Bushell, Liverpool;
the Gladstone statue, the statue OF John
Bright in the new art gallery at Birming-
ham, which was opened by the Prince of
Wales in 1866; also of the colossal statue
of Bright in the town hall square, Man
chester; the statue of Lord Frederick
Cavendish at Barrow-in- Furness, the
bust of Mr.. Gladstone preser ted to Liver
pool and placed in the Walker art gallery
Canon Selwyn's bust in the Divinity
school at Cambridge. medallion OF the
late Duke of Albany, busts OF the Mar
quis of Salisbury in the Mansion House,
London, Professor Huxley and others.
The distinguished sculptor has executed
many imaginative works, among them
the graceful figure of young girl with a
bird, called 'sThe First Flight,' and
sL'Abandonnee, both in marble. The
latter appeared at the Paris exposition in
| 1878, with bust of Professor Max Muller.
Among other busts executed by Mr..
| Bruce-Joy is that of Mrs. Antonio de
Navarro MARY Anderson). 1t is of mar
BILE and belongs to Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. Ma
yarro's mother. Others are Arch bishop
Benson, at Lambeth Place; Matthew Ar
mold, in Westminster Abbey Lord Cairns
and Lord Farm borough in the library Of
the house of commons; Sir Robert Mont
gomery, at the India Office, and LORD
Roberts of Candahar.
The colossal Aver lion, shipped from
the sculptor's studio last fall and placed
in Lowell cemetery in November, is Of
Sicilian marble and ten feet in length. L
rests on a sarcophagus of the sam:
material. The lion weighs between si1
and seven tons and the whole monumen
nearly thirty.
| The heroic statue of Gladstone now a
Chicago is one of the greatest works o
! Mr.. Bruce-Joy. 1t is nine feet high anC
represents the great English stateman il
the act of finishing one of his flights o
oratory. The right hand is opened anC
outstretched as ii in defiance of opposi
ton. The left grasps roll of manu-
scripts, and the whole pose of the grea
man indicates earnestness and triumph.
The mouth is firmly set and the
eyes have a peculiar expression o
! fervor. The head is massive anC
grand, and altogether is magnificen
embodiment of magnificent personality
The costume is considered remarkable
1t consists of simple morning dress
There is no crown of laurels and no toga
The coat hangs loosely and naturally
The statue is replica of that which wa
some years ago placed in London, in from
of Bow church, at the unwilling of which
there were over 100, 0C0 people present.