. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. top of the piers be-tween the arches. They are: History, by DanielChester French; Art. by Augustus Saint Gaudens;Poetry, by J. Q. A. Ward; Law. by Paul \Y. Rart-lett; Philosophy, by Bela L. Pratt; Science, byJohn Donoghue; Commerce, by John Flanagan;and Religion, by Theodore Baur. Look
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. top of the piers be-tween the arches. They are: History, by DanielChester French; Art. by Augustus Saint Gaudens;Poetry, by J. Q. A. Ward; Law. by Paul \Y. Rart-lett; Philosophy, by Bela L. Pratt; Science, byJohn Donoghue; Commerce, by John Flanagan;and Religion, by Theodore Baur. Looking down from the railing of the galleryunder the dome, stand sixteen broi itues of character- distinguished in the several fields oflearning and achievement represented by the sym-bolic statu These ;iv(* slightly over lifThey include: Shakespeare, by Frederick MacMon-nies; Herodotus, by Daniel (. French; Columbusand Michael Angelo, by Paul \Y. Bartlett; SaintPaul, by John D m ghue; Gibbon and Moses, byNiehaus; Plato and Bacon, by John J. Boyle; Ful-ton, by E, C. Potter; Kent, by George Bissell;Newton, by Cyrus T7. Dallin; Beethoven, by Theo-dore Baur: Joseph Henry, by Ruckstuhl; andHorner, by Louis Saint Gaudens This gallery contains the cream of the sculpture in Washington. MacMotmies statue of Shake-. Bv Fred II VKKi it \ki:MacMi xrhe Xtbrar? ot (tongvtM W9 speare is considered the tnort original of all the sculptors work, and stands out from the othei an unique archaic figure very significant of theepoch to which, historically, it relates. MacMonniesapproaches the figure in a spirit of reverence, in his conception of the Bard of Avon, and, following the bust at Stratford, and the Droeshout portrait, approved by Ben Jonson, has imparted to his statue lUStere and remote sentiment, well suited to theand the personage represented. The Elizabethan costume clothes the figure in itsample and richly designed folds, whose bulky fab-and Stiff lines contribute to the character of thew
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