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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 55 : operations of the Mississippi Squadron in the latter part of 1864 and in 1865 . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crawford , Thomas 1814 -1857 (search)
Crawford, Thomas 1814-1857
Sculptor, born in New York, March 22, 1814.
Manifesting at an early age a talent and taste for art, he went to Italy and profited by the instruction of Thorwaldsen at Rome.
There he established a studio, soon rose to eminence, and had abundant employment.
His works, of superior character, are quite numerous.
Those widest known are the bronze equestrian statue of Washington for the monument at Richmond, ordered by the State of Virginia; the colossal bronze statue of the Genius of America that surmounts the dome of the Capitol at Washington; and the historical designs for the bronze doors in the new Capitol.
He was exceedingly industrious, and worked with great facility.
During less than twenty-five years of artistic labor he finished more than sixty works, some of them colossal, and left about fifty sketches in plaster, besides designs of various kinds.
Two of the finest of his works in marble are The last of his race (colossal), and The Peri, bo
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 4 : (search)
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Appendix. (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 20 : Italy .—May to September , 1839 .—Age, 28 . (search)
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 21 : Germany .—October , 1839 , to March , 1840 .—Age, 28 -29 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 22 : England again, and the voyage home.—March 17 to May 3 , 1840 . —Age 29 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23 : return to his profession.—1840 -41 .—Age, 29 -30 . (search)
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 24 : Slavery and the law of nations.—1842 .—Age, 31 . (search)