The Washington herald., 1909-02-06
COPY UNAUTHORIZED
Adams Monument Is Repro
duced in Baltimore.
sAIET-GAUDENS MASTERPIECE
Duplicate i. owned by Gen. Felix
AEnus. and Is Set Up in Monument
tai City Ceweterx-NOyv Refuses to
surrer der It Until the True Replica
Is Pat I'm Its Place.

New YORK, Feb. 5.-The Tribune this
morning says:
The erection in a cemetery al Balti-
more Of a copy IN bronze OF the Adams
monument IN Rock Creek Cemetery. at
Washington, one OF the most famous
works of the late Augustus Saint-Gau-
dens. has raised a question OF lively
iuteres- to American sculptOrs and to
their ratrons, inasmueh IS It appears
that this copy was produced without the
knowledge Of Saint-Gsudens or the rSpre-
sentatives OF his estate.
Its history, as related by a close friend
OF the scuiptors. personally oonyersant
with the facts. makes an interesting con-
tribution to the subject OF artistic prop
erty.
.-The cory Of the Adams monument IS
I the prorerty Of Gen. Felix Agnus. OF
Baltimore. the proprietor Of the Ameri-
can published in that city Gen. Agnus
has himself had some experience as a
sculptor. having years ago spent some
time in The establishment OF Barbedienne.
/ the noted French founder. whose name
/ has been made familiar IN this country
moro especially through its association
with the bronzes Of Barge, the sculptor
OF animals.
Purchased ny Gen. Aznus.
In the autumn OK 1916 he accepted a
proposal to supply the copy IN question
made By John SaIter * Son, whose
monumental works are al Grot0n. Conn.
Iopposlte New London. having understood
that this firm had purchased from Saint
Gaudens the right 10 make replicas Of the
bronze in question and sell one in each
OF the principal cities Of the United
States.
'aThe copy purchased By Gen. Agnus
was put in pace IN Us lot N the Druid
Ridge Cemetery. some seven or eight miles
/ from Baltimore. II October. 1871, about
three or four months after the death Of
Ssint-GaGdens.
Nothing was known u the matter 10
/ the Iatter's family until the autumn Of
1893. WREN friend happened upon il. and
reported the discovery = Mrs Saint
/ Gau6ens. She soon thereafter visited the
tcemetery. making & careful examination
! Of the bronze and comparing Il with
/ photographs OF the original
OSers True Replica.
Following this examination and discus
sion Of The matter with Gen Agnus an
investigation was set on foot, with a
View 10 ascertaining the mode in which
the copy had been made Being intense
/ ~ DESTROYS that her husbands name
should never be in any way associated
With a work not produced under bis sd
! pervision OF authorizeu - him. Mrs
/ Saint-Gaudens. with the concurrence OF
I Mr. Adams. offered 70 substitute. az cost
\ FOR the bronze at present 81 Baltimore q
/ true replica OF the monument IN Rock
/ Creek Cemetery. made under the powers
assigned 10 her IS sxeeutrix. The puF-
/ pose OF this offer was also 70 assure the
destructioR Of the una 9thorized copy.
Tbs fact that the COPY had been sup
piled by John Salter 4 Co, OF GrotOn
( had already been learEed. This firm
/ however. had not Is -sst the bronze
/ That work was dor 11reau Bros
the well-knoTn fol =, IN PhiladeI
phia-"
Model Made by z. 4. A. Pausch.
THE model sent TO them FOR the pur
/ nose was made. Z seems. By Edusrd L