The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-02
IN MEMORIAM.

The will of the late John E. Hub
bard left a bequest of not less than
50, 600 nor more than $40, 600 for the
purpose of erecting in Green Mount
cemetery a memorial to his memory
A. d. Farwell and Senator w. p. Dill
lingham, the executors of the estate,
have let the contract for this work to
Karl Theodore Francis Bitter of New
York, a sculptor of established repu-
tation Montpelier is to be congratu-
lated upon having in her beautiful
cemetery a creation of his artistic
mind. Mr.. Bitter was born in vi
emma, Austria, in 1867. He attended
the Latin school, the Art Industrial
school and the Academy of Fine Arts
in that city. During the period Of his
art education an unusual number of
public buildings of most elaborate
character were erected in Vienna, on
some of which he was engaged as as
sistant on the sculptural decoration
He came to the United States when
only twenty years of age and took up
his residence in the city of New York.
a year later he was the vim er in the
competition for designs for the main
gates on Trinity church, work so
elaborate in character that its eXecu-
y ,
of his life. He was also called upon
to make the sculptural decorations on
the administration building and Man
ufacturer's and Liberal Arts building
at the Chicago Worlds Fair The
eminent architect, Richard M. Hunt,
who was born in Brattleboro, gave
several commissions to Mr. Bitter to
execute sculptural work for the pri-
vate residences of Cornelius Wander
lit at Newport and New York city,
George w. Vanderbilt's house in
North Carolina, William X. Wander
bits house in Islip, Long Island, and
for the residences of John Jacob Aston
and @. p. Huntington in New York
city. Mr.. Bitter also furnished sculp-
ture for the building of the appellate
division of the Supreme Court in New
York and a monument to DR.. William
Pepper of Philadelphia He was one
of committee of five who had charge
of the erection of the Dewey arch in
New York and made the "War" group
on the same. He was elected by the
National Sculptural society to super
wise the statuary at the Pan American
exposition at Buffalo where more than
quarter of million dollars was
expended on such decorations under
his supervision.
This Hubbard memorial designed
by Mr.. Bitter consists of a central
portion, with two wings encircling
the large slab which covers a coffin.
a figure of youthful and sexless
character is seated above the slab
leaning it's head upon the cornice of
the central stone. Upon the wings is
inscribed the following passage which
is also the subject of the expression
of the figure:
Thou go not, like the quarry slave at
night
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sus-
tanned and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave,
Like one who wraps the draperies of
his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
dreams. -
The figure is to be of bronze and the
balance of the work of the best Barre
| granite. The executors let the con-
tract for the entire work to Mr.. Bit
ter who has sub-let the granite work
to Jones Brothers. Work will be at
| once commenced on this memorial and
| it is expected it will be in place some
time during the coming summer. The
cost of the entire structure will be be-
| tween the amounts named.