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Galt's statue of Jefferson.
We referred briefly, a few days ago, to this remarkable work of art, executed by Mr. Galt for the University of Virginia, and which is now in this city.
We confess that our highest expectations were far surpassed by an achievement which, in our humble judgment, places Alexander Galt among the firs ung Virginian; but we never anticipated such a magnificent triumph as this statue — a work which is glorious to its author, to his native land, and worthy of Thomas Jefferson.--The marble of which it is made is probably the most superb block ever brought to Virginia, and if the work itself is inferior in any one respect to the bes mmortal figures on the Washington Monument, we confess we do not know what it is.
A portion of the costume of the statue is copied from the clothing worn by Jefferson, and now in the possession of the sculptor, who has every article of the wearing apparel of his illustrious subject, all of which is yet in an excellent state of