Chief Justice Marshall (1755-1835). Herbert Adams
A dignified seated
figure — one of the greatest Chief Justices the
United States
ever had. He held the position from 1801 to 1835.
The
United States
is symbolized by the eagle.
Rock and Flower Group. Anna Coleman Ladd
A decorative group
with no special meaning. It might be called “Idle
Moments.”
Great Danes. Anna Vaughan Hyatt
Watchful Danes
guard well the portals. Their names might easily
be
“Keenly
Alert” and “In Sober Thought.”
Bondage. Carl Augustus Heber
The mother, tightly
bound, thinks not of herself as she turns away, but
of the weeping
child beside her.
Saki — a Sun Dial. Harriet W. Frishmut
A nymph acts as
a pedestal for a sun-dial.
Sun — Dial Boy. Gail Sherman Corbett
How interested
he is in the chameleon which has curiously crept up
to
see who it is
that gazes at him.
Sun — God and Python. Anna Coleman Ladd
Apollo, the god
of light, shoots at the python (the symbol of darkness).
Triton Babies. Anna Coleman Ladd
i.e., Children
of the sea-gods, the Tritons.
Bird Fountain. Caroline Evelyn Risque
The little boy
holding the bird clings to the globe with his toes.
A
simple and very
appropriate bird fountain.
Prima Mater. Victor S. Holm
The “first
mother” holds her babe to her breast.
The Fountain of Time, Lorado Taft
The great ocean
of Time is rolling on, carrying with it men and women
of
all conditions
of thought. Some advance blindly, some hopelessly,
some
fearfully, some
buffeted by the great waves as they roll on.
Nymph — A Garden Figure. Edward T. Quinn
Showing how any
figure gains in beauty by being placed among the
shrubbery.
The Dying Lion. Paul Wayland Bartlett
A powerful and
most realistic group. The poor animal is in the
last
agony —
is evidently starving.
New Bedford Whaleman. Beta Pratt
Such was the type
of man who left the town of New Bedford,
Massachusetts,
a whaling port, to seek his occupation in northern
water.
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