The Washington times., 1923-02-11

LINCOLN PAINTING.
Now for the Lincoln pnantinw
In the Capitol Il ID m Immense
framed canvas. called ..rhe Proc
lannAtton oR Arnanctpationr Pic.
turing fAnnuan and his CaAanse
n hangs On he stairway az tie
House side.
Smith D. Bfys historian oe tlAs
CAPITOL tells ~: '.1t - the only
picture Of Abraham Lanco7n
which had the apprOval of Lin
colin himself"
This old WORK. painted BY
Frank q. Carpenter. was Tor
many years lost sight Of, but ii
was traced through the efforts
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, Of
Hartford, Conn. who spent near
II $4,000 IN purchasing n and
h9xfng It suitably framed, after
which she presented it to Con-
gress on Lancoln's birthday, of
course. February ~. 1878.
Il has historic interest, though
its artistic merit may be cues
toned.
Other Lincoln portraits at the
Capitol are the head by Freeman
ThorDs I'm the Senate corridor,
and the mosaic Of Lincoln In the
Senate lobby ON the main floor,
executed by Antonio Galviati, an
Italian aTtdse born IN 1915. famous
Tor haN1nG revived the making Of
vsnst1an glass at Murano.
LEEEExKR FIGURE
Let n 1O6k & winnie 1Esan1
nnarbls Ngnrp O4 IAncOan III tne
CapEtol enc az the two i1nportant
sUuIptures. ID Il not Hl1lI &C grace
and sfnpl1c1ty3 A strong anA
HfeIflss figure not TOO irnagina-
tfvN. pEhapa. but at least q
worthy presentation Of ne great
President and the peE1Oda a
really remarkable work FOR .
young w0man to h&VO achieved On
those days when women were not
yet eanancipated.
But Il there any sezattmentaIisr
in this thoughtful Lincoln figurs4
u Il not rather q piece OF ruo
and simple early American are
untouched by European inSlu-
ence7 Contrast Winnie ReanTn
"Sappho" IN the National Gal1e91s.
an interesting marble figure
which she made during xha&
sventful tour abroad
There one may perhaps discsEn
the artificial and the runanesQua.
but not IA the Lincoln. NOR IN her
bluff EaxTagut statue. IA TAxre.
gut square.
Everyone knows Of vlnzds -Reazn
Hox1e. how she as O young
woman. who had been IA 0ov-
eminent service. became O gGulp-
tor. and made this iifs.stso marble
statue Of Lincoln now IN che
rotun6a.
Winnie Ream nad come %
Washington from the Wesk. Try.
ing 20 help support her paxeut&
when. by accident. her talent for
art was revealed to her a. she
was Watching Clark Mills, the
American sculptor. modelling hin
clay.
II could DO EhGsr aAs e.
claimed. he gave her q handful
OF clay, and she convinced him
that she could manage Il. % he
allowed her 20 take some clay
home with her, and she modelled
It half the night.
Nothing would DO now bat ahe
must study art seriously. % while
In office she arranged
for regular work IN the after
Moons with Clark Mills. VINO was
Just then engaged upon enc 81
his famous eQuegtEiana, either
the "Andrew JaeIEson" Of IAAay.
otte square or the teWAshinWton
Statue" IA Washington circle.
THE REAM BUST.
Winnie Roa1n wanted to make O
bust Of LINCOLN, 20 portray the
greatest man at his time, % ahs
nna day made q Stretch Of Lin
poin after having seem him On
the street,
This was shown 10 the Pre@i.
aent BY MatoF Rollins, who IA.
dueed Lincoln to give her uit.
,ings, which continued teR five
the last being ea the
afternoon preceding the aaaassinar
len,
The bust she had yaads was
pa good q likeness
hat when Congress appropriated
$4,000 far . statue Of LineeiA %
10 placed in the Casttal, Vinnaa