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Show Another Mammoth &tatae. The Bcuiptor Nikolaus Geiger is putting put-ting the last touches to his statue of Barbarossa, which is to symbolize the ancient ' kingdom in the Kyff hauser monument, to be unveiled in 1896. The Barbarossa appears at, the end of a vestibule ves-tibule in the style of an ancient castle on the steps of the throne upon which he ia sitting like the sleeping figures of th& courtiers, with fabulous animals of the old mythic world. Barbarossa is represented rep-resented at the moment of waking from his long sleep. Iu his right hand is his sword; his left nand strokes his long waving beard. Contrary to all other figures of the old hero, he is here represented repre-sented as an actual emperor, with the features of . a noble man. The whole monument, hewed from the rock, will be about 80 feet Ligh. The figure of the seated monarch is about 80 feet high. London Sun. |