. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. THE CHAPEL. Mount Auburn boasts of other architectural features besidesits tombs, of which so many are now being built above groundthat the avenues will, in time, acquire a certain resemblance toPere la Chaise, where one seems always walking in the streetsof a city. The Chapel is a gem of its kind, a cathedral in thediminutive. It has become a central object of attraction, fromthe works of art it contains, — the most remarkable specimensof statuary in America. They were designed to represent four 336 HISTORIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX. distin
. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. THE CHAPEL. Mount Auburn boasts of other architectural features besidesits tombs, of which so many are now being built above groundthat the avenues will, in time, acquire a certain resemblance toPere la Chaise, where one seems always walking in the streetsof a city. The Chapel is a gem of its kind, a cathedral in thediminutive. It has become a central object of attraction, fromthe works of art it contains, — the most remarkable specimensof statuary in America. They were designed to represent four 336 HISTORIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX. distinct periods of American history, — the Colonial, Eevolu-tionary. Assumption of Sovereignty, and the Supremacy of theLaws. The first phase is exhibited by John Winthrop, who appears in his habit as he lived, with ruff, doublet, and hose. Thefi<^aire is seated, and has a contemplative air. This was thework of Horatio Greenough. Crawford selected James Otis as a type of the conception is grand and impressive in treatment,
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