Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-08-10 | Page 3 | Lighthouse to be Shelly Memorial

1 Lighthouse to Be I Shelley Memorial I There will be set up tip p shortly p the beach near Carrara a a cia clay model some forty feet teet high of or th th marble statue of Prometheus which will be at once a lighthouse and a u. memorial of the poet Shelley Shelle who was drowned off oft the coast a century century century cen cen- tury ago The Tho sculptor Fontana in inthe inthe the statue of G at and the at Rome Rom has already done works of or great magnitude but tho the Prometheus will willbe willbo be bo on a scale unprecedented except perhaps for tor the Colossus of Rhodes It will exceed feet teet in height greater than the figure of ot the Statue ot of Libert Liberty The lighthouse memorial to Shelley will be re regarded regarded regarded re- re as a bond between the Halian Italian Italian Ital Hal ian and English people peoples The marble marble marble mar mar- ble used will be the gift of ot tho the quarries in the tho mountains nearby and the expenses will be defrayed by contributions from Ital Italy England England England En En- gland and America It will take tako some three years to complete Tho The design Is of a figure of Prometheus the tho light bearer subject of ot one of ot Shelleys Shelley's chief works and will beby beby be bo boby by far the tho most statue ever executed in marble Behind the figure Is Js the lighthouse a rough roughhewn roughhewn roughhewn hewn pillar of marble The site is some few tew miles from the actual site where Shelle Shelleys Shelley's s bod body was was wasa washed ashore and burned upon the beach Wide Vide Interest will be bo felt feltIn feltIn feltin In the erection of ot th the th monument for tor Shelley has become very efy real realto realto realto to this generation in Andre Maurois' Maurois great story of his lIre life life Arl Ariel the Arid the l-the th Life of ot Shelley which now Is among the tho b best st selling books in America