American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . al in Berlin. But though commissions could not be expected, under the circumstances, Mr. Valentine didnot wait in idleness. He modelled various ideal heads, — among others The Samaritan Woman,with its striking face and remarkable down-dropt eyes. The Penitent Thief, a wonderful pre-sentment of agonizing pain and awful entreaty, belongs to this period. Lees bust was modelled,a very superior piece of bust portraiture, and many a well-known Virginians followed, — Maurys,Stuarts, Albert Sidney Johnstons, Joseph E. Johnstons,
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . al in Berlin. But though commissions could not be expected, under the circumstances, Mr. Valentine didnot wait in idleness. He modelled various ideal heads, — among others The Samaritan Woman,with its striking face and remarkable down-dropt eyes. The Penitent Thief, a wonderful pre-sentment of agonizing pain and awful entreaty, belongs to this period. Lees bust was modelled,a very superior piece of bust portraiture, and many a well-known Virginians followed, — Maurys,Stuarts, Albert Sidney Johnstons, Joseph E. Johnstons, and still others. General J. E. B. Stuart he modelled in so life-likeexpects to hear the bold cavalieracteristic snatches of song. Forinaugurated some time later byRichmond in honor of the greatlossal bust of him which has beenThe power Valentine has ofof the negro never has beenWard is matchless in its absolutego down to posterity as the ole Virginny darkey,edge is Power, ain tatters, who hashis dog-eared booklimp hand, is, webest piece of good-was ever a manner that one almostring out one of his char-the Humboldt Festival,the German citizens ofscientist, he made the co-so much admired,portraying the varied typeequalled. The Nationsverity; Uncle Henry willonly correct type of de sah ; while Knoivl-negro boy clothedfallen asleep withdropping from hissurely think, thehumored satire that The Penitent Thief. — By Edward V. Valentine. After patient waiting, a handsome commission did come to our artist. The trustees of theWashington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, ordered a statue of General Lee, offeringfor it $15,000, and leaving all details to the sculptor. A recumbent figure was chosen, sug-gested, perhaps, by the exquisite one at Charlottenburg over the tomb of the Queen of Prussia,by Rauch, or the less celebrated one of the Duchess of Nassau at Wiesbaden, by there is no resemblance whatever beyond the mere fact that it is recumbent. As
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