ART TREASURES OF THE CAPITOL.
Arrival of a Solitary Lady—“The Pantheon of America”—Il
Penserosa—Milton’s Ideal—Dirty Condition of the House of
Representatives—The Goddess of Melancholy—Vinnie Ream’s Statue
of Lincoln—Its Grand Defects—Necessary Qualifications for a
Sculptor—The Bust of Lincoln by Mrs. Ames—General Greene and
Roger Williams—Barbarous Garments of Modern Times—Statues of
Jonathan Trumbull and Roger Sherman—Bust of Kosciusko—Pulling
his Nose—Alexander Hamilton—Fate of Senator Burr—Statue of
Baker—His Last Speech Prophetic—The Glory of a Patriotic
Example—The Lesson which Posterity Learns—Horatio Stone, the
Sculptor—Neglected Condition of the Capitol Statuary—Curious
Clock—Grotesque Plaster Image of Liberty—Webster—Clay—Adams—The
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