Boston illustrated; . ution offive thousand dollars of thesurplus remaining after theerection of the statue ofEverett just mentioned. Thtstatue was unveiled on tin3d of July, 1869. It is ,imatter of no little local pridtthat all the artists and ait-isans employed in its pro-duction were furnished byMassachusetts. The statuerepresents Washington at adifferent period of his lifefrom that usually selecttdby artists, and is all tliLmore effective and originalon that account. The out-line is graceful, and perfect-ly natuial from every pointof view, and the work re-veals new beauties the more ^^ Was
Boston illustrated; . ution offive thousand dollars of thesurplus remaining after theerection of the statue ofEverett just mentioned. Thtstatue was unveiled on tin3d of July, 1869. It is ,imatter of no little local pridtthat all the artists and ait-isans employed in its pro-duction were furnished byMassachusetts. The statuerepresents Washington at adifferent period of his lifefrom that usually selecttdby artists, and is all tliLmore effective and originalon that account. The out-line is graceful, and perfect-ly natuial from every pointof view, and the work re-veals new beauties the more ^^ Washington is examined. It was cast in fourteen pieces, but the joints are invisible. Theextreme height of the pedestal and statue is thirty-eight feet, the statue itselfbeing twenty-two feet high. The foundation, which rests upon piles, is ofsolid masonry eleven feet deep. The lamented Governor Andrew was oneof the original committee which undertook the direction of this work, but hedied before its BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. On the Boylston Street side of the Public Garden is the bronze statue of Charles Sumner, by ThomasBall, erected in 1878, at a costof .$15,000. It is nine and ahalf feet liigh, and the pedes-tal is a massive block of gran-ite. It represents Sumner asstanding, in the delivery of anoration, holding a roll of manu-script in the left hand, whilethe right hand is extendeddownward in gesture. It has been remarked thatthe irregular piece of territorybounded by Beacon, Tremont,and Park Streets was origin-ally a part of the this territory, and closeby one of the busiest spots inBoston, is the Old GranaryBurying - ground, one of thoseancient landmarks which thegood sense and good taste ofits citizens have thus far pre-served. In 1660 it becamenecessary to appropriate newspace to resting-places for the dead, and the tlu-ifty habits of our forefatherswould not suffer them to buy land for the purpose when they were already inpossession of a g
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