Show UNIQUE physiognomy it Is the popular belief the world over that abraham lincoln was in face and figure in action aej repose an excessively ugly man writes truman H bartlett the american sculptor in an exceptionally intimate and illuminating study of lincoln published in the august mcclunes mcclures McC lures the writer so far from corroborating alio common tradition brings evidence to show that according to the most eminent critics and to tho testimony of the plain people of Lincol ns time Lincol ns physiognomy was not only interesting and beautiful but actually constituted a new type in sculpture the comments of french critics on the lincoln mask quoted here are most enlightening when I 1 took a plaster copy in 1877 to the oldest paris bronze founder to get it cast in bronze writes mr bartlett 1 I put it down on a table sue by side with a mask of the abbe Lame the first words of the founder were what a beautiful face why ts more beautiful and has more character than the abbes and we think that is the hand one in france what an extraordinary tra construction and what other things it seems impossible taht a new country like yours produce such a face it is unique mr bartletta bartletts Bart letts study is one of the most valuable and interesting pieces of impressionistic work that has appeared throwing new light as it does on the most intricate and mysterious individual problem of history |