Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts Part 7

Mother of the Dead. C. S. Pietro The old mother though grief-stricken, accepts the inevitable, while her motherless grandson, not understanding, feels that something is wrong.

Destiny. C. Percival Deitsch Does Destiny decree that man shall lead, while woman meekly follows, as she did in ancient Egyptian days?

Chief Justice Marshall (1755-1835). Herbert Adams A dignified seated figure - one of the greatest Chief Justices the United States ever had. He held the position from 1801 to 1835. The United States is symbolized by the eagle.

Rock and Flower Group. Anna Coleman Ladd A decorative group with no special meaning. It might be called "Idle Moments."

Great Danes. Anna Vaughan Hyatt Watchful Danes guard well the portals. Their names might easily be "Keenly Alert" and "In Sober Thought."

Bondage. Carl Augustus Heber The mother, tightly bound, thinks not of herself as she turns away, but of the weeping child beside her.

Saki - a Sun Dial. Harriet W. Frishmut A nymph acts as a pedestal for a sun-dial.

Sun - Dial Boy. Gail Sherman Corbett How interested he is in the chameleon which has curiously crept up to see who it is that gazes at him.

Sun - G.o.d and Python. Anna Coleman Ladd Apollo, the G.o.d of light, shoots at the python (the symbol of darkness).

Triton Babies. Anna Coleman Ladd i.e., Children of the sea-G.o.ds, the Tritons.

Bird Fountain. Caroline Evelyn Risque The little boy holding the bird clings to the globe with his toes. A simple and very appropriate bird fountain.

Prima Mater. Victor S. Holm The "first mother" holds her babe to her breast.

The Fountain of Time, Lorado Taft The great ocean of Time is rolling on, carrying with it men and women of all conditions of thought. Some advance blindly, some hopelessly, some fearfully, some buffeted by the great waves as they roll on.

Nymph - A Garden Figure. Edward T. Quinn Showing how any figure gains in beauty by being placed among the shrubbery.

The Dying Lion. Paul Wayland Bartlett A powerful and most realistic group. The poor animal is in the last agony - is evidently starving.

New Bedford Whaleman. Beta Pratt Such was the type of man who left the town of New Bedford, Ma.s.sachusetts, a whaling port, to seek his occupation in northern water.