Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1891 — TO ARCHBISHOP HUGHES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO ARCHBISHOP HUGHES.

A Memorial of the Distinguished Eeclesia.st Soon to Be Unveiled. A statue of Archbishop Hughes will soon be in place in front of St. John’s College, Fordham, which the distin-gui-hed prelate founded more than

half a century ago, says a New York correspondent. The movement for the erection of the statue was started some time ago by the graduates of St. John’s College.,with the co operation of prominent Catholics in this city, and finally resulted in an order given three months ago to William Rudolph O’Donovan, the sculptor, for a bronze statue of the late Archbishop. The work on the statue has progressed rapidly, and it is now receiving the finishing touches. The unveiling ceremonies will probably occur in June. The statue is eight feet high, and will be placed on a granite pedestal thirty feet high. It represents the Archbishop attired in ecclesiastical robes, with an open book in his left hand, his right hand extended, in the attitude of addressing a congregation. The pose is easy and dignified, and the massive head and strong, expressive features are portrayed with perfect fidelity. On the four sides of the plinth or base upon which the figure stands are engraved the emblems of the four evangelists. Mrs. Eugene Carey, Archbishop Hughes’ niece, and a number of other intimate friends of the illustrious prelate, who saw the statue while in clay, expressed their warmest approval of the artistic manner in which the work was being executed, and the striking resemblance to the original.

STATUE OF ARCHBISHOP HUGHES.