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Show tah Historical Quarterly Dallin and His Paul Revere Statue t life that, in one respect fourth and fifth models was the raised front leg of the latter that attempted to duplicate the action of the statuette that was lost. When the work was completed Cyrus petitioned Mayor Thomas N. Hart to renew the Revere contract. Hart contended that the council order of . 1884 and the contract of 1885 with DaIlin were no longer valid, and "if any action were to be taken it would have to be by a new committee." The mayor promptly appointed such a group to make arrangements for erecting the statue. M The new model was formally approved by the Boston Art Commission on December 4, 1899, and the following month it was exhibited at Dallin's studio on Harcourt Street where Gov. Winthrop M. Crane and other important officials were invited to examine the statue. The Transcript gave its approval to the Revere statue and urged the public to support its completion: chelangelo. He explained named Vittoria Colonna, ria Colonna," Dallin said a family of three boys: church (1891-93); prolestrian models of famous :ms; taught sculpture for 95-96) ; and returned to 'he most important works Brigham Young and the c Newton for the Library g, Don Quixote, and the were completed in Paris. vere competition. B99 his reputation as a d a permanent teaching lool in Boston. With the 'k in Philadelphia he was Heights, a suburb northovemment would accept us stiff-legged model, he .s difference between the 'upils, Pretty Feature of Vittoria dwin Dallin," unidentified c1ipn; "Famed SCUlptor, Native of .g ," DeseTet News, July 22, 1932. fie Family of Cyrus E. Dallin" Dallin taug\1t is now called the Art (BI'OGkline and Longwood). fedicine Man, the money would , statue was delivered. Therefore L organization to ask for a cash !ber M. Wells, October 28 1900 :nt Association Manuscript File: ~sented this plaster model, his e sculpture, to the Springville . in 1903. It and a painting by 1 gave birth to the Springville 71 Art. Photograph by Rell C. Francis. 27 . . . It will be remembered that the first efforts to raise the requisite funds for this monument met with so little success that the project was for the time being allowed to be virtually pigeon-holed. But Mr. DalIin, who, as a sculptor, had received the most encouraging endorsements of his models for the statue, especially from the most eminent artists in the country (including St.-Gaudens) ... never lost sight of the possibilities of this enterprise, and never ceased to improve upon his original work, working on it in season and out, and remodeling it at least five times, until in the judgment of the experts, he had made of it a plastic work well worthy of a prominent location in Boston. The statue, thus improved, is one in which mobility and dramatic fire are well blended with harmonious lines and rhythmic poise. The horse, suddenly pulled up by his rider, is a most spirited and picturesque type of arrested movement; and the attitude and gesture of the man tell the stirring story of Revere's errand to the Middlesex minutemen with sufficient emphasis The sculptor in his classroom at the but without violence or Massachusetts Normal Art School bombast. The original inwhere he taught for many years. Photograph courtesy of the Robbins D . .. Unidentified news clipping, Library. alhn Collection. |
