Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1890 — THE NEW GENIUS OF LICHT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NEW GENIUS OF LICHT.

A Description «f the Nnv fititac Bet Up la Edlaon'i laboratory. Among the many objects of interest to the visitor at the great laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, in West Orange, N. J., the first to attract attention is the remarkable statue that has recently been plaoed in position in tbe library. Tbe statue a ttracted Mr. Edison’s attention at the Paris Exposition, where it occupied the place of honor in the Italian Department. He was so mnch pleased with it that he purchased it, and it was shipped to this country, and now occupies the place of honor in the center of tbe magnificent library. It is entitled "Tbe New Genius of Light,” and was the work of an Italian artist, B. Bordiga of Rome, nnd was finished late in the fail of The subject is an allegorielectrtoilj over other means of illumination.

It Is tbe life-sixe figure of a graceful Joutta in tbe full vigor of early manood, posed in a half recumbent position and partially supported by half ex tended wings, on tbe ruins of a broken gas lamp. Tbe right arm is extended high above the bead and holds aloft an incandescent lamp of fifty-candle power, tbe connecting circuits from which extend downward, and, partially supported by tbe left band, continue to tbe base of the statue, where they are Joined to a voltaic pile. About tbe base of tbe itatue are grouped a telephone transmitter. a telegraph key, and a gear wneeL Tbe whole is mounted on a pedestal three feet high. Tbe modeling of the central figure is singularly strong and firm, and the finish is almost perfect—

N. Y. Herald.

NEW GUN IUS OF LIGHT.