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¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 1 And nearly all their force is now engaged on American orders. The colossal statue of Abram Lincoln for the city of Philadilphia [sic], modelled by Rogers, lay on his back, with men filing all around him, a leg across the room on a bench, an arm at another bench, finished will weigh about 3000 pounds-
¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 1 Scattered around the room, were the pieces for the great bronze fountain going to Cincinnati, a present to the city from Mr Probasco in accordance with the provisions of a certain will- When finished to be thirty six feet high. The first story of it represents heads, animals +c. The second state holds fourteen life size figures of water seekers in different capacities, the whole surmounted by a colossal female erect with outstretched arms (in the attitude of a Priestess giving her blessing to all beneath her) out of who’s hands the water is to fall. Designed to cost about $84.000 here-
¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 In the adjoining yard were standing eight splendid figures in a row, going to America as soon as the other two were finished, all designed by Rogers for the following destination = for Detroit Michigan a splendid colossal Goddess of War to be surround [sic] (probably on the pedestal below her) by four life sized men representing Infantry
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Randolph Rogers (1825–Italy) was an American Neoclassical sculptor. An expatriate who lived most of his life in Italy, his works ranged from popular subjects to major commissions, including the Columbus Doors at the U.S. Capitol and American Civil War monuments.