Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1881 — Third Group for the Lincoln Monument. [ARTICLE]

Third Group for the Lincoln Monument.

Springfield (Masts.) Republican. The Ames Manufacturing Company has just finished the third bronze eroup which is to be placed upon the Lincoln monument atOak’Ridge Cemtery in Springfield, 111. The first casting for the monument—a colossal statue of Lincoln—was made at the Ames works 11 years ago,” and s\ne» that time two groups, infantry and naval, have been*fo’ , warded. Now the artillery group is nearly ready. The figures" are heroic in size, aud stand upon a pedestal which will he elevated 20 feet above the ground when in position. The first figure H that of a gunner, who has been struck down hv a ball and. lies upon the ground with a look of intense pain upon his face. Near by, with his arms raised above bis head, stands a boy gazing with horror upon the scene before him,while the third figure is that of the. captain of the gun, who has leaped upon his dismantled piece, and, with sabre raised aloft, seems to defy his enemies. The positions are very natural,and the sculptor has succeeded admirably in depicting the emotions of pain, horror and defiance upon the faces of his subjects. Every minlite detail has been carefully brought out in the work and the result is very satisfactory. The group’weighs 4,500 pounds. The fourth casting will be made very soon fdY the •cavalry group. It requires one year to complete this work, some of the processes being very slow. The designer is Larkin’G. Meade, and the work has been done under the supervision of Sculptor Melzar H, Hosman. j