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Show . ,8T. GAUDENS' STATUE OF GEN. SHERMAN. 1 . . .. On Memorial day the Chamber of Commerce will present to the city of New York Augustus St Gaudens' heroic he-roic statue of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, a work that has been called the finest piece of sculpture created In' 400 years. When the statue was exhibited in the Salon of the Champs de Mars, in 1899, the place of honor was given to it, that being the first time such a mark of artistic appreciation appre-ciation was ever shown to an American Ameri-can SQulpJure,. . , The 'statue', ' which hi of broniefifl'-to broniefifl'-to stand at the entrance to Central Park, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street. Mr. St. Gaudens' work represents repre-sents the hero of the "March to the Sea" seated on his charger, in full uniform of a general in the field, hia head bared as if in response to the acclaiming voices of his soldiers, his campaign hat in his right hand held in the fine free motion of a salute. Immediately in front of the charger is a woman's figure symbolizing Victory, Vic-tory, her robes fluttering backward In the breeze created by the forward movement,-and :in her upraised hand the palm branch of peace. Artistically Artisti-cally the work is unquestionably th finest In America. New York Press. |