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¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 1000 francs what they had been charging at 1600, one half in advance, balance in Leghorn about the 1st of April. At another shop where the prices were already low I found two statues at 900 worth 1200, but got them for 800 payable in Leghorn- And fine marble busts @ one quarter of the prices charged by the American artists in Florence- Can always find the most perfect marble in Carrara.
¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 2 Vinnie Ream was there a few months ago. I saw her model of Lincoln, a poor affair, she got it cut in marble complete for $2600 including the marble, for which she gets $10.000. I saw the models for the Battersons “Gettysburg monument” costing here $6200. For which he gets (including pedestals +c) $100.000. A.J. Stewarts work was mostly done here.
¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 I became pleasantly acquainted with a young American Sculptor named Cushing who is just competing a colossal group to ornament the doorway of a new insurance building on Broadway N.Y. Opposite Trinity church.
¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 Also with Mr F Torrey American consul at Carrara who is engaged in quarrying and consequently is looked upon very jealously by the native dealers. He tells me many stories of dishonesty and grab-gaming by American consuls at Florence, Leghorn, +c Is in direct competition with Mr Howard of Leghorn whos appearance I like better than Mr Torreys-
¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 Anna and Henry return to Pisa by evening train, leave Alice Jep and I to risk a stay over night- Every meal, three times a day, we have ordered broiled steaks and boiled potatoes, our only hope. The best rooms upstairs are at our service. The floors are too hansome for comfort, covered with shining porcelain a kind of pavement, large blue and green squares like some oilcloth figures
Lavinia Ellen Ream Hoxie (September 25, 1847 – November 20, 1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work was the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. First and youngest woman to receive an art commission from the Federal Government (she was 18). (wikipedia, retrieved July 11, 2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Ream
Batterson’s Gettysburg Monument – Artist: Rogers, Randolph, sculptor; Batterson, James Goodwin, designer; Keller, George W., designer.
Dedicated: July 1, 1869 (Cornerstone laid July 4, 1865)