b'LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. \n\n\n\n. mmxi \n\n\n\nShelf -"Y--^ \n\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA. \n\n\n\n,Li \n\n\n\n.(JU^ \n\n\n\ny \n\n\n\nORIGINAL \n\n\n\nBUST OF GEN\'L U, S. GRANT. \n\n\n\nBY \n\n\n\nKARL GERHARDT, Sculptor. \n\n\n\nIn Bronzk and Tkrra Cotta \n\n\n\n\nWM. N. WOODRUFF & CO., proprietors, \n\nHARTKORD, CONiSr. \n\n\n\nW. WAYNE VOGDES, Sales Agent, \n\n910 Filbert Street, \nPHILADELPHIA, PA. \n\n\n\nNew York Office : 10 W. 23d St., Room 46. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n56) \n\n\n\nCOPYRIGHT, 1885, \n\nBy WM. N. WOODRUFF & CO. \n\n\n\nKARL GERllARDT, THE SCULPTOR. \n\n\n\nKarl Gerhardt is a native of Boston, of German parentage. \n\nHe learned the trade of a machinist and first worked with the \nAmerican Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts. \nIn 1874 he went to California. On his return he was employed \nby the Pratt and Whitney Company as a designer of machinery. \nWhile thus engaged he made a bust of his wife, in his leisure hours, \nand subsequently a life-size statue of a " Startled Bather." \n\nThese two works not only attracted the attention of the Hart- \nford press, but so greatly interested Charles Dudley Warner and \nSamuel L. Clemens that they requested J. Q. A. Ward, the \neminent sculptor, to pay them a visit and examine them. The \nobject of this invitation was to ascertain whether the young amateur \ngave such proofs of talent that it would warrant the attempt to \nraise a sum of money large enough to pay his expenses to Europe, \nand to educate him under the best masters of the art in Paris. \n\nMr. Ward\'s opinion was emphatically in favor of the scheme. \nAfter several efforts to enlist the co-operation of wealthy citizens \nhad failed, Mr. Clemens (" Mark Twain ") and his wife determined \nto assume the expense themselves, both of travel and maintenance \n\xe2\x80\x94 a pledge which they nobly redeemed, although the fact is known \nto few persons outside of the young sculptor\'s personal friends. \n\nOn his arrival at Paris, he successfully passed the preliminary \nexamination. Among sixty competitors, most of them having been \nfavorably circumstanced to study the art, the self-taught Hartford \nsculptor was recorded as the twenty-eighth. \n\nAt the end of the first year, Mr. Gerhardt received, in the \nannual examination, an honorable mention ; at the end of the \nsecond year he was received at the annual Salon ; and in 1884, \nthe last year of his study abroad, two pieces were received \xe2\x80\x94 \n" Echo," a marble statuette now in the possession of Mark Twain, \nand "Eve\'s Lullaby," a life-size group, which has just received a \ndiploma of honor at the World\'s Exposition at New Orleans. \n\n\n\n4 KARL GERHARDT, THE SCULPTOR. \n\nOPINIONS OF FAMOUS SCULPTORS. \nExtract from a Letter. \n\nNew York, December 12, 1884. \nDear Mr. Gerhardt : \xe2\x80\x94 I saw and liked your work very much. \nThe bust of Clemens is very strong. \n\nVery truly yours, \n\nJ. Q. A. Ward. \n\n\n\nExtract from a Letter. \n\nNew York, December 6, 1884. \n\nMy dear Mr. Gerhardt : \xe2\x80\x94 I saw your sculpture here last \nweek, and I wish, if my opinion of its merit can help you in any \nway, to say that I think your work good and will give it my sin- \ncere approval. \n\nYours cordially, \n\nAugustus S. Gaudens. \n\n\n\nArt critics and students of art need no explanations to show \nthe value of these subjoined commendations : \n\n" Je, soussigne, professeur a I\'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Membre de \nITnstitute, certifie que M. Karl Gerhardt a fait ses etudes de sculp- \nture sous ma direction, et qu\'il a ete un de mes meilleurs eleves. \n\nII est aujourd\'hui par etat de se charger de I\'execution d\'oeuvres \nimportantes, et merite toute confiance par son talent et ses capa- \ncites acquises. Je crois done pouvoir recommander tout particu- \nlierement M. Karl Gerhardt comme un de mes eleves sur I\'avenir \nduquel on pent fonder le plus grand espoir. \n\nA. Falguieres, \nMembre de ITnstitute, \nOfficier de la Legion d\'Honneur. \n\nParis, le \\\\ Juin, 1884. \n\nMiNISTfeRE DE lTnSTRUCTION PuBLIQUE ET DES BeAUX-ArTS. \n\nEcole Nationale et Speciale des Beaux-Arts. \n\nJe certifie que Monsieur Gerhardt, statuaire, a expose au Salon \ncette annee deux ouvrages de sculpture tres-interessants. Ce \nieune homme, par ses aptitudes pour I\'art et son ardeur au travail, \nest digne de ce qui pourra etre fait en sa faveur. \n\nPaul Dubois, \nDirecteur de I\'Ecole National des Beaux- Arts, \n\nMembre de ITnstitute. \n\n\n\nKARL GERHARDT, THE SCULPTOR. 5 \n\nFrom the DictifliDiaire Vi^ron, Paris, 1 884 : \nGerhardt (Karl). \xe2\x80\x94 "Eve chantant pour endormir son pre- \nmier-ne : groupe platre," ne manquant ni de sollicitude maternelle, \nni de bonne etude. Mais, franchement, cette femmelette ordi- \nnaire n\'a rien de commun avec la mere de I\'humanite ; on se \ndemande meme comment des artistes ayant etudie Raphael et \nMichel- A^nge peuvent se tromper ainsi sur la conception d\'une \nfigure l^gendaire et symbolique d\'une si haute importance. Qual- \nites, neanmoins, en cette jeune et belle femme, sentant bien la \nnature ordinaire, mais ne pouvant conserver la pretention de rap- \npeler Eve. "Echo: statuette marbre," portant a droite et in- \nclinant sa gracieuse tete sur I\'epaule du meme cote. La belle \njeune fille vient de siffler un air de chalumeau, et ecoute avec \nsurprise la repetition que lui en fait I\'echo. II y a de la poesie et \ndu style en cette bonne figurine de marbre. \n\n\n\nFrom the Same : \nGerhardt (Karl). \xe2\x80\x94 "Tete d\'etude " de jeune fille coiffee en \nrouleaux. Traits fins et suriants, d\'un delicat modele et d\'une in- \ntelligente expression. \n\n\n\nFrom the Journal des Artistes, Paris: \nK. Gerhardt. \xe2\x80\x94 Deux tetes fortement ^tudiees et de grande \nattraction. C\'est de la bonne sculpture. \n\n\n\nThe Hartford correspondent of the New York Tribune thus \nspeaks of Mr. Gerhardt\'s return to America in November, 1884 : \n\nHartford, Conn., Nov. i. \xe2\x80\x94 The recent return to Hartford of \nKarl Gerhardt, the young sculptor who has pursued his studies \nabroad for several years, recalls a romantic story of his former \nresidence here. He had then talent very little cultivated, great \nambition, and a wife who believed in his future, but he had no \nmoney, and no income from his profession. Things went badly \nwith him, and he was on the brink of despair. It was the old \nstory of destitution and hopeless inability to make a start. The \nchange to better circumstances was due wholly to his wife. She \nwent to some people of culture, who v\'ere able to see the promise \nin Gerhardt\'s work, and who were touched by the situation. The \nupshot of it was that a few of them became so thoroughly inter- \nested as to furnish means for Gerhardt to go abroad and study \n\n\n\n6 KARL GERHARDT, THE SCULPTOR. \n\nunder first-rate masters, and he has come back, with a good train- \ning in technique, and with the prospect of making good all the \nhopes that were entertained of his future by those who first be- \ncame interested in it. The whole story, with its details, sounds \nmore like a chapter from a romance than a bit of modern prosaic \nlife in an inland town. \n\n\n\nBUST OF GENERAL GRANT. \n\nChicago Tribime. \nThe bust made by Karl Gkrhardt (Mark Twain\'s protege) of \nGen. Grant is said to be so faithful that it aroused the admiration \nof the General. The unfinished likeness was so good that in \nMarch last, while General Grant was ill, a friend took it to the \nfamily. The General saw and admired it, and invited Gerhardt \nto visit him and complete the bust by studies from life. Presently \nGen. Grant, glancing from the bust to the mirror, said : " Don\'t \ntouch it again ; it seems to me perfect." \n\n\n\nExtract from The Saratogian, July i8, 1885. \n\nDr. J. H. Douglas yesterday received from Karl Gerhardt, \nthe young sculptor, of Hartford, Conn., a very faithful terra-cotta \nbust of General Ulysses S. Grant. It was taken from life on \nMarch 20 last, when the sufferer was believed to be at death\'s \nportal, and just before Mrs. Nellie Sartoris returned from Europe \nand hurried to her father\'s sick-chamber at Sixty-sixth Street, New \nYork City. It is of cabinet size. During that time the young ar- \ntist was present in the Grant house, and made a quiet study of the \nGeneral as he sat in his chair or walked about the room. Charles \nDudley Warner says that " the result of this permission is one of \nthe most interesting and touching works of art that have been \ndone in our day." As shown by the bust, the head is slightly \ndrooping, cast forward in the attitude of reflection, and the face \nhas a shadow of pain on it; yet the effect is rather that of heroic, pa- \ntient endurance of suffering than of suffering itself. The impression \nconveyed on observing the bust is that the distinguished subject is \nsuperior to the suffering, which he bears with the same serenity \nthat characterized him during the war. The artist was yesterday \nat Mount McGregor engaged upon a bust of Nellie, the interest- \ning young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Grant. \n\n\n\nKARL GERHARDT, THE SCULPTOR. 7 \n\nPORTRAITS OF GRANT. \n\nSpringfield Republican, July 26, \nThe likenesses of Grant with which the papers have abounded \nhave been for the most part libelous, and in fact no more like than \nin the preservation of a common type of face, and few of them have \nshown the least suggestion of character. We have seen none to \nequal in this respect the portrait which The Republican was enabled \nto present its readers. This was reproduced from a photograph \nby Pach, of New York, the latest that was taken of Grant in \nhealth, and while he yet wore the characteristic look of the com- \nmander of men. Except for the gray in the beard that rightly \ncomes with sixty years, this picture of Grant looks as he did when \nhe opened the Centennial Exposition. A drawing was made from \nthe photograph by one of the best portrait painters in Boston, and \na plate made by the Heliotype Company of that city. The result \nis remarkably satisfactory. The portrait of Gen. Grant has not \noften been painted, we believe ; Huntington has done it, and some \nothers. Recently, in fact since the General\'s fatal sickness confined \nhim to his house, the young sculptor, Karl Gerhardt, spent \nsome time in the house on Sixty-sixth street. New York, studying \nGrant\'s face and head, and has made many replicas of the bust he \nfirst modeled for Mrs. Grant. He was granted the favor through \nMark Twain\'s friendly regard. The country has heard of Ger- \nhardt\'s making a cast of Grant\'s face shortly after his death. He \nhad spent some time at Mt. McGregor, and has made a clay model \nof the general as he was on his arrival, representing him in his \nchair, in his beaver-cloth dressing-gown, holding his pencil in his \nright hand and his writing-pad on his knee. This he purposes to \nreproduce in marble. It would seem to be a painful representa- \ntion, but is described as very interesting, and conveying the idea \nthat impressed every one, of the indomitable will of the man. \nGerhardt is a man of great native ability, and yet very young. \nHe began to show his higher artistic capacities while in the service \nof the Ames Company at Chicopee a few years ago, and he married \nhis wife from Chicopee ; she was an adopted daughter of the late \nCharles McClallan. His " Eve\'s Lullaby to Cain " won serious \nattention on its exhibition in New York, and he is now considered \none of the foremost .\\merican sculptors in promise. \n\n\n\n8 KARL GERHARD T, THE SCULPTOR. \n\nPLASTER MASK. \nN\'ew York Herald, July 27. \nGeneral Porter, Sunday afternoon, saw the plaster mask of the \ndead General\'s face made within half an hour after his death by \nKarl Gerhardt, the Hartford sculptor. General Porter held \nthe mask in his hands, and studied it minutely and in silence for \nseveral moments. " That is most perfect," he finally said, and \nthen touched a point on the right cheek, and added, " There is \neven the mole or wart on the general\'s face." \n\n\n\nTHE BUST OF GENERAL GRANT. \nHartford Courant, June 19, 1885. \n\nIn the days of March, when General Grant was believed to be \nnear the end of his life, and the whole American people were sym- \npathetic watchers of his suffering, it fortunately occurred to some \nof his friends to permit Mr. Karl Gerhardt, the young Hart- \nford sculptor, to be present in the house, and make a quiet study \nof the General as he sat in his chair or walked about his room. \nThe result of this permission is one of the most interesting and \ntouching works of art that have been done in our day. Its value \nis not simply that it is a striking likeness, but that it represents \nthe hero as he appeared to the American people, bearing without \na murmur the burden of accumulated mental and physical suffer- \ning. The sculptor has chosen to make a bust a quarter life-size, \nbut he has so given the massive quality of the General\'s head that \nit has the effect of much larger proportions. Usually a statuette \nis petty, and seems to belittle the character ; but this small head \nhas such largeness and breadth of treatment that it is perfectly \nsatisfactory. \n\nThe likeness is excellent, both as to form and expression. The \ntreatment of the eyes, under the heavy brows, is especially to be \nnoted as full of character. The head is slightly drooping, cast \nforward in the attitude of reflection, and the face has a shadow of \npain on it ; yet the effect is rather that of heroic, patient endurance \nof suffering than of suffering itself. The man suffers, but the \nthought conveyed is exactly the thought that was conveyed by the \nbulletins of the General\'s condition \xe2\x80\x94 that he was superior to his \nsuffering, and bore it with the same serenity that he exhibited when \nhe carried month after month and year after year, vicariously, the \nterrible strain and responsibility of the war. The spectator sees \n\n\n\nKARL GERHARDT, THE SCULPTOR. 9 \n\nin this bust what he saw in General Grant during the war \xe2\x80\x94 un- \ncomplaining and heroic endurance. And in this respect it is \naltogether the most valuable likeness we have of the great com- \nmander. \n\nGood likenesses and satisfactory portraits in marble and bronze \nare not uncommon even in our day; but it is only now and then \nthat one appears that by its art or by its sympathy has something in \nit to make it appeal to a universal sentiment, and to make it uni- \nversally desired. To attain this is the height of art, and in this \nlies the merit of Mr. Gerhardt\'s fortunate work. We recall at the \nmoment one other modern portrait statue that has this touching \nand desired quality. It is Vela\'s Napoleon in the gallery of Ver- \nsailles. The figure is seated. On his lap lies a map of Europe. \nThe head is bowed in contemplation of it. The last days at \nHelena have come, and as Napoleon regards the scene of his am- \nbition and glory, all the vanity of a frustrated life comes over him, \nand the face reflects the pathos of vast designs brought to naught. \nThe face and figure make the strongest appeal to human sym- \npathy. \n\nIn something the same way, in this bust, the artist has appealed \nto a universal sympathy, and produced a work which has in it the \ntouch of genius and deep feeling which all men respond to. \nWhile it is strong and noble and characteristic of the man, it is \nprofoundly pathetic. We doubt if any artist could have pro- \nduced it who was not moved by the universal feeling of sympathy \nand love which flowed out toward Grant when it was taken, \nwhich has enabled him to give to it that final great quality with- \nout which any picture or statue is cold and without real power. \nIn landscape, the picture must have beauty and poetry that are \nnot in mere form or color, and in sculpture the portrait must \nhave, beyond the likeness, a deep touch of human nature, of \ngenuine feeling. \n\nIt is because Mr. Gkrhardt has succeeded in this region of feel- \ning and expression that we regard his bust of General Grant as \nexceptional and very remarkal)le in modern sculpture. \n\nThe original is retained by the family of General Grant ; but \nwe are glad that arrangements have been made for the production \nof replicas in bronze and terra-cotta, for this is a work of sym- \npathetic art that the whole country will appreciate and value \nmore and more as a representation of our military hero in the \nbrave endurance of his last affliction. Charles D. Warner. \n\n\n\n10 KARL GERHARD T, THE SCULPTOR. \n\nGERHARDT\'S BUST OF MARK TWAIN. \nHartford Courant, October^, 1884. \n\nThe bust of Mr. S. L. Clemens, which Mr. Karl Gerhardt \nmodeled at Ehnira last summer, and which has just been put in \nbronze in Philadelphia, can now be seen at the gallery of Mr. Vorce. \nMr. Gerhardt, who belongs in Hartford, has been for four years \na student of sculpture in Paris, where he gained commendation \nfrom the highest critics and admission to the Salon. \n\nThere is other finished work of this young artist in this country \nwhich gives an idea of his ability as an artist, but this piece is all \nthat is needed to judge of his capabilities in portrait statuary. \nThe first requisite in this sort of work is the likeness. The work \nmay be a fair likeness and very bad art, but it must first of all \nsatisfy the desire for resemblance to the original. This bust of \nMr. Clemens does that completely. It is exceedingly rare, even \nin the work of master artists, that this condition is so completely \ncomplied with. And the resemblance is not the superficial one of \nthe photograph. We have seen occasional fat, smooth busts which \nare not a grade above colored photographs as works of art. This \nis not of that sort ; it gives the character of the sitter, his peculi- \narities, and we may say the nature and the temperament of the man. \nBut notice how this is effected. Not by petty and timid details. \nThe material is handled with perfect freedom and boldness \xe2\x80\x94 this \nis apparent in the modeling of the hair and moustache as of the \nface. Everything is given in broad masses, full of strength and \ncharacter \xe2\x80\x94 no prettiness here. We call attention to the manner \nin which the likeness is produced, because it is this that makes the \nbust a work of art, and lifts it into a field where it deserves the \nhighest criticism. We are not attempting now any adequate criti- \ncism of it ; we are merely asking that it be considered as a work \nof art, for it seems to us more worthy of study than anything of \nthe sort that has appeared here in a long time. It is simple in all \nits lines, but massive and solid in treatment, and it has a noble \ndignity and repose. We may not be able to separate our impres- \nsion of it as a portrait from its effect simply as a work of art, but \nit seems to us to have very high merit, and a very unusual sort \nof excellence. It is worth studying. \n\nCharles Dudley Warner. \n\n\n\nTESTIMONIALS. 1 1 \n\nFrom Commander-in-Chief S. S. Burdett. \n\nHead-quarters Grand Army of the Repuhi.ic, \\ \n\nWashington, D. Q.,July 20, 1885. ^ \n\nKarl Gerhardt, Esq. \n\nDear Sir : \xe2\x80\x94 I am in receipt, through the kindness of Mr. \nVogdes, of a replica in terra-cotta of your bust of General Grant. \nPermit me to thank you for your consideration, but more especially \nto take the occasion to express my admiration for the faithfulness \nand the wonderful suggestiveness of the work. It tells the story \nof these later days \xe2\x80\x94 why all men\'s hearts are turned toward its \nsubject \xe2\x80\x94 and justifies as well the verdict already in, that he \nstands among the greatest of the leaders of men. \n\nTo his comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, growing \nold with him, it will be of peculiar interest. \n\nI shall be excused for the expression of a hope that this lesser \nwork is the harbinger of something of heroic form that may find \na place among the monuments that sooner or later the Nation will \nset up in memory of her faithful son. \n\nVery truly yours, \n\nS. S. Burdett. \n\n\n\nFrom Ex. -Gov. Jno. F. Hartranft, Fen?m., Fast Com.-in-Chief \n\nG. A. R. \n\nPhiladelphia, /m/v 18, 1885. \nW. Wayne Vogdes, Esq., P/iila., Fa. \n\nDear Sir : \xe2\x80\x94 I thank you very warmly for the replica in terra- \ncotta of Mr. Karl Gerhardt\'s bust of Gen. Grant. \n\nAlthough no connoisseur, I am much impressed with the firm- \nness and breadth of the artist\'s treatment of his subject. He has \nproduced a very effective likeness of the great soldier, who has \nfought the good fight and patiently awaits the end. \nLike all works of true art, it grows on one. \n\nYours very truly, \n\nJ. F. Hartranft. \n\n\n\nFrom Gen. Louis Wagner, Fast Commander-in-Chief G. A. R. \n\nW. Way tie Vogdes, Esq., 910 Filbert St., Fhilada. \n\nDear Sir and Comrade : \xe2\x80\x94 Many thanks for the terra-cotta \nbust of Gen. Grant which I find here on my return from the \nNational Encampment G. A. R. at Portland, Me. \n\n\n\n12 TESTIMONIALS. \n\nNotwithstanding the effects of the continued illness of our be- \nloved comrade, which are plainly apparent, the likeness is a good \none, and, as the last one likely to be taken, it must commend itself \nto all who desire a final reminder of the greatest soldier of mod- \nern times. \n\nYours fraternally, \n\nLouis Wagner. \n\n\n\nFrom Maj. Geo. S. Merrill, Past Com. -in-Chief G. A. Ji. \n\nLawrence, Mass.j/m/j\' i8, 1885. \n\nMy dear Comrade : \xe2\x80\x94 I have to thank you for Gerhardt\'s \nbust of Gen. Grant to-day received. \n\nI like it much. The artist seems to have been unusually suc- \ncessful, producing, with remarkable faithfulness, the features and \nexpression of the great American soldier. \n\nThere is in the face just a tinge of the pain of these past months, \nbut in a yet more marked degree that grim determination with which \nthe old hero contested the battle so relentlessly thrust upon him. \n\nThe bust can hardly fail to prove of general interest to the \nAmerican people, and I cordially commend your plan of present- \ning it to the public through the agency of comrades of the Grand \nArmy of the Republic. \n\nSincerely yours, \n(Signed) Geo. S. Merrill. \n\n\n\nFrom Jno. S. Kountz, Fast Commander-in-Chief G. A. R. \n\nToledo, Ohio, July 17, 18S5. \nKai\'l Gerhardt. \n\nDear Sir : \xe2\x80\x94 I have this day received through W. Wayne \nVogdes, 910 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, the terra-cotta bust, you \nhave so kindly sent me, of our beloved and illustrious comrade. \nGeneral Grant, the great military chieftain who led the armies of \nthe Republic to victory. \n\nI regard the bust a remarkable piece of work, of real artistic \nmerit, and the likeness is most excellent. \n\nVery truly yours, \n\nJohn S. Kountz. \n\n\n\nTESTIMONIA LS. 1 3 \n\nHead-quarters Department of Ohio, \n\nGrand Army of the Republic, \nOffice of Department Commander, \n\nZanesville, Ohio, July 30, 1885. \nKarl Gcrhardi. \n\nDear Sir : \xe2\x80\x94 I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the bust of \nthe late Gen. U. S. Grant, and to express my hearty appreciation \nof your generosity, and of the splendid work of art which so \nfaithfully preserves to all future generations a perfect likeness of \nthe greatest military chieftain of this or any other age. I am sure \nI voice the sentiment of the old soldiers of this country when I say \nyou have rendered us all an inestimable service in the production \nof this striking portrait of our dear old commander. \n\nGratefully yours, \n\nR. B. Brown. \n\n\n\nFrotti General Jas. A. Beaver. \n\nBellefonte, Vk., July 17, 18S5. \nW. Way tie Vogdes, Esq., \n\n910 Filbert Street, PJiiladelphia, Pa. \n\nMy dear Sir : \xe2\x80\x94 Your letter of the 15th inst. has been received. \nIt gives me pleasure, also, to acknowledge the receipt by express \nof the replica in terra-cotta of Karl Gerhardt\'s bust of Gen- \neral Grant. \n\nThe romantic and successful career of Mr. Gerhardt would, of \nitself, lend interest to any of his works ; but the peculiar, and I \nmay say affectionate regard which attaches to General Grant, and \nanything connected with him at the present time, makes this work \nof surpassing interest. I have not seen General Grant since his \npresent illness, but the peculiar features which stamp his individ- \nuality have all been retained in a marked degree, and there is, in \naddition, a shade over the countenance which indicates the in- \ntensity of suffering through which he has passed. Those who \nhave never seen General Grant except in health, and who have \nseen him at his best, when engaged in an interesting conversation, \nwill appreciate the fidelity with which the artist has portrayed \nwhat they remember of the General, and at the same time has as \nfaithfully delineated the feelings which to a great extent must \nhave found expression in his face at the time the studies for the \nbust were made. These combine, in my judgment, to give the \n\n\n\n14 TESTIMONIALS. \n\ngreat charm to the work of art, which I shall highly prize, and \nwhich I hope in the future to secure in more durable material. \nWith very sincere thanks for your kindness, I am, \n\nVery cordially yours, \n{Signed) James A. Beaver. \n\n\n\nMt. McGregor, /\xc2\xab</v i8, 1885. \nDear Sir : \xe2\x80\x94 I like your bust of my father very much. It is \nas I remember him earlier in my life, /. <?., in war times. I thank \nyou very much for the one you have just sent to me. \n\nYours respectfully, \n\nJesse Grant. \nTo K. Gerhardt, Esq. \n\n\n\nFrom H. B. Sands, M.D. \n\n35 West 330 Street, New York, ) \nAugtist 3, 1885. f \n\nMr. Karl Gerhardt. \n\nDear Sir : \xe2\x80\x94 I am very glad to possess the copy of your excel- \nlent bust of Gen. Grant which I received a few days ago. The \nlikeness seems to me to be accurate and life-like, while the expres- \nsion is strong and natural. Yours very truly, \n\nH. B. 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The quantity of Bronze Busts to be sold is limited. \nThe number of each, together with its subscriber\'s name, will be \nregistered at our office ; a corresponding number should appear on the \nProspectus of our representative opposite subscriber\'s name. \n\nRespectfully, \n\nWM. N. WOODRUFF & CO. \n\n\n\nAgents must observe this notice when delivery is made. \n\n\n\n5^ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ng \n\n\n\ng \n\n\n\nI \n\n9 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5 \n\n\n\na- \n\n\n\n0^ \n\n\n\ni \n\ng \n\n\n\ng \n\nPCI \n\nfen \n\n\n\n^ \n\niN \n\n^ \n^ \n\n\n\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS \n\n\n\n013 787 961 A # \n\n\n\n\n'