Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-26
Many Commissions Were
Nearly Completed
At Time Of Noted Scu|ptor's
Death Number Of Statues
Are So Nearly Done That They Can
Be Completed by Others.

Cornish. y. H., Aug 25.-Aftcr INC
fire which burned his large studio h"r'
and destroyed thousands Of dollars
worth Of models, drawings ana work
in all stages Of completion about three
years ago, Augustus Saint GaudenS.
the sculptor. whose death occurred re-
Gently. lahored necessarily. although IN
feeble health, to get the old work along
and keep up with the new commissions
constantly coming in. He had an abb"
corps of artists to assist him. among
them Henry Herring, Miss l.. c. Ward
and Miss Frances Grimes
He worked until within two weeks OF
his death. the last large work coming
from his hands being a statue of Phll-
lips Brooks. The monument will be
placed in the plot in front OF lrihits
church. Copley square. Boston
Work on the categorical figures
which will be placed at the entran'"
If the Boston Public library had pro-
,rocsod 60 far as to have the rough
sketches made in plast"line, the MT.
,o;,, ,sad at the studio in place or
CLAW. There are two groups OF lsureS'
ono renrescnting Labor. Music and Sci
ence the other Law, Executive Power
and Love &c
The commission for the groups Oh
...,,ory (which are destined to occu-
nv the new empty bases OUTSIDE the
,,,,;n entrance to the library on Copley
su,are was given the artist Il years
n.y., h,, Nckim. Mead & White. the
architects. and $4,000 was paid to insur-
80, Tho services of Saint Gauden. An
insurance policy was taken out on tne
trustees
have suffered no tinancial ioS9 i'u
work never been started
One Of the groups represent LABOR III
the central male figure ana MUSIC an
Science in two female ngureS.
three figures are seated on shghtly
curved Roman seat
The central male figure. Whlch POI
.r,ys Labor. is heroic in pose ana
Live The left arm hangs loosely over
IN anvil while the right supports
hammer which rests lightly on 'ne
knee. I'D
The figure of Science sits easily an"
is very largely developed in ur'ptls'
The right arm lifts and holds aslue ''it
veil. while the face peers out"a'u ~
inward in n sort OF WoHuti' ny
arm rests on glope.
The figure of Music IS parity nuue
With the drapery in artistic foids pas
ING from the seat behind the Inquire anu
over the left hip. 49,,
rho head rests lightly on the rlSnt
arm. The treatment of the mar II 81
fectiye and the drawing of the huu,
nortion of the body is very d"lcalc anu
refined. -,
\v,rk ON the new United states e"ld
>,,,i,., and onc-ccnt piece is practlcaI-
lv cnmpletpd except that the design.
-, tho basc relief are being reduced
or fattcnoG 50 as to minimize III" WI
a,,,,;os which the mint workers nave
with a die that has I" mnch rt'i'i'
The figure if an idcaliZcd head win y"
Indian head dress. figure or LiptitH
with the same head and lying an"
standing eagle. are said To be hailn-
some, and will make the eagle. doupl'
eagle and cent the equal of any Gems
in the world.
The McGce medallion. which will he
placed opposite the CarncGi" Institute
at Pittsburg. is done in plaster and
work on the enlargement in plaStoline
is now going on.
Work on the Carya todes for the Ait
bright gallery at Buffalo. \. y. is be
ing pushed along as fast possible.
The Lincoln statue. which is t. be
placed at the entrance of the John
Crorar library in Chicago. and the
statue of Marcus A. Hanna. to be
placed in the park system of Cleveland.
Ohio. have been done in bronze. and
will soon be put in their respective
sites.