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Show WOMAN'S TV0ELB. MARY THORNYCROFT, THE AR7i31 MOTHER OF ARTISTd. I81gh Fraise For Mrs. Danlop Hopkins. All tVomeii I.ovo Irish Point lace The Fashionable TVrap Tho Vanishing Work-ba3lv( Work-ba3lv( Hints to Mothers. Born at Thornhnm in Norfolk in 2814, tho venerable widow of the lata Thomas Thornyoroft, sculptor, v;ho passed from among us on tho 1st o February, loaves behind her the sweel savor of a lifo of talent and industry, coupled with the warm regard of all hei friends. Daughter of John Pranois. who died in 1861 at tho same ago as his daughter, Mrs. Thornyoroft early exhibited ex-hibited that iovo of plastic art of whiifc. her fathor was also a professor of note. There is ono of nis worts in the National Na-tional Portrait gallery a bust of the Duke of Wellington that is a fair example ex-ample it tho skill that found its author sitters among more than one crowned head and many of the most distinguished distinguish-ed persons of his timo. Working in her fathoi"s studio, with tho gentleman as a follow pupil who subsequently became aer husband, the young lady mado rapid progress in her profession and soon commenced com-menced exhibiting busts and other works at tho Royal academy, where sho continued to bo represented for many f oara Leaving Norfolk for tha metrop- ints. MART TIlORITTCnOFT. alia, sho married Mr. Thornycroft and went with her husband to Rome, where her earnestly enthusiastic nature wa more than gratified with the splendid deals of ancient art. There also shff met with Thorwaldson and Gibson, whe were struck with admiration at the tal eut her work exhibited Subsequently Gibson, when asked by tho queen W modpl some of tno royal children, responded re-sponded by recommending Mrs. Thornyoroft Thorny-oroft as being ovon better able to do justice to tho task than himself. This led to a series of commission from her majesty and tho prince oon tort, tho results of which aro to be seen at Windsor, Osborno and Buckingham palace. It is scarcely necessary to enumerate enu-merate more than a few of Mrs. Thorny-aroft's Thorny-aroft's very numerous works. In 184 he had in tho Royal academy a marble bust of H. R. H. tho Prince of Wales Tn 1852 sho exhioited likenesses of the Hon. Misa Stauhopo and Lord Clan-manrice, Clan-manrice, and in the next year of her majesty tho queen and of fl. R. H. iho Duchess of Gloucester, then in her aeventy-seventh year, and in 1855 of Viscount Petersham. Mrs. Tliornyoroft's two sons, John Isaao Thornycroft and Homo W. Thornycroft, R. A., aro distinguished in their vocations. The former is known throughout Europe as a highly scientific constructor of torpedo boats, while as to the latter ho is our great sculptor, and jve will undertake to say there is not on nrtist among us who is not proud ol him. And in order that the artistic faculty may not bo wholly limited to tho male sex at least ono of tho daugh tors, Miss Helen Thornycroft, who hs just been elected vice president of th Society of Lady Artists, has long bean In tha first rank both as a flower any? andsostpft painter London QnotL "TfiTij bo glum?" asked his friend. "Aren't you doing a roaring business?" "Ye3, I am," admitted the basso, "but it is all on notes. "Cincinnati Tribune. |