Word: sculptor
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...statue of John Harvard, the founder. Punctually at three o'clock the stage of the theatre began to be filled with those who were to take an active part in the unveiling ceremonies. Among these were President Eliot, Mr. Bridge, the donor of the statue, Daniel C. French, the sculptor, the Rev. Dr. Ellis, Edward Everett Hale and a number of the trustees and overseers. The exercises were begun by the Glee Club, which was stationed in the gallery over the stage, and which sang a glee written in Latin with much expression. After a short prayer had been offered...
...college will be erected on the delta to the west of Memorial Hall. General Bridge presented the statue of his ancestor Josiah Bridge to Cambridge not long ago and within a short time these two statutes of early settlers in the colony will stand in close proximity. The sculptor who has been selected to execute the design is a young man of promise, Mr. D. C. French, who has already modeled some well known figures, among them the "Minute Man" at Concord, Mass., and a bust of Emerson. In his pretty little studio at Concord the work of modeling...
Franklin Simmons the sculptor, has presented to Colby University the original model of the statute of Roger Williams, which was cast in bronze at Munich, and is now in Roger Williams Park, Providence...
...they could be easily reached by personal application. The bust is given on the condition that it shall be place permanently in the new surgical lecture-room, which corresponds to the scene of Dr. Bigelow's long labors in the old building. It has been made by the eminent sculptor, Launt Thompson of New York, and is a most faithful representation of the distinguished surgeon. It outlines with such accuracy and precision the features of his face and the pose of his head that nothing is wanted, in the opinion of his friends, to make it a correct likeness." President...
...camp of wigwam-like tents. This book has a feature which many a freshman wishes could apply to his physics or analytics - it cannot be opened. Another interesting relic in the room is a plaster cast of Cromwell's face made from the mask taken after death by the sculptor, Thomas Woolner. After passing through the hands of Carlyle and Charles Eliot Norton, it finally found a permanent resting-place in the library in 1881. If any one has any doubt as to Cromwell's unsympathetic treatment of Charles I., one look at this cold, pale face will decide...