History of Wake County, North Carolina, With Sketches of Those Who Have Most Influenced Its Development
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B. Andrews had a most exact picture of it, from an Italian source, entirely authentic. Also there is an engraving with Lafayette and Miss Haywood standing looking at it. In the year 1910 owing to the indefatigable effort of the Hall of History, a cast had been made from the model, and sent as a gift from the King of Italy. The lost treasure in its beauty is a vivid personal regret. The poor muti- lated fragments of the trunk and pedestal which occupy one corner of the Hall of History speak eloq...uently of its fate but tell little of its glory. Canova the great Italian sculptor, was at the height of his fame and reputation when he made the statue. He was called the true in- heritor of the classical tradition. He always used the mannerisms of the antique statues he studied, as well as followed the real beauty of their conception. He is now somewhat superseded in artistic esteem being consid- 112 HISTORY OF WAKE COUNTY ered too artificial, too smooth, although many lovely works of his are still cherished.
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