This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... NOTES The Notes relate to matters which are discussed on the pages specified. Page 4 -- Referring to the statue of "Freedom" on the Capitol, the following is found in a booklet entitled, "The Rotunda and the Dome," by Samuel Douglas Wyeth, published in 1869 (page 194): "The following interesting ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... NOTES The Notes relate to matters which are discussed on the pages specified. Page 4 -- Referring to the statue of "Freedom" on the Capitol, the following is found in a booklet entitled, "The Rotunda and the Dome," by Samuel Douglas Wyeth, published in 1869 (page 194): "The following interesting incident connected with the model is narrated by Mr. Fisk Mills, a son of the artist and founder Clark Mills. The story has been variously told and published but now the true narrative is given. "Before the statue was cast, the several large sections of the plaster model were put together so nicely by an adroit Italian employed about the Capitol, that no crevices were perceptible at the places of joining-- the bolts were all firmly riveted inside, and where they were placed concealed by coverings of plaster. In this condition the model was for some time on exhibition. "At length the time arrived when the figure was desired to be cast and the Italian was ordered to take the model apart. This he positively refused to do unless he was given a large increase in wages, and secured employment for a number of years. He said, he alone 'knew how to separate it' and would do so only upon the above conditions. "Mr. Mills at that time owned a highly intelligent mulatto slave named Philip Reed, who had long been employed about his foundry as an expert workman. Philip undertook to take the model apart without injury, despite the Italian's assertion and proceeded to accomplish his purpose. His plan of working was this: a pulley and tackle was brought into use and its hook was inserted into an eye attached to the head of the figure -- the rope was then gently strained until the uppermost joining of the top section of the model began to make a faint appearance...
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Add this copy of Emancipation and the Freed in American Sculpture: A to cart. $20.57, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of Emancipation and the Freed in American Sculpture: A to cart. $30.01, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
