Bookbag (0)
Search:
Path::modern_english::uvaGenText::tei::HarJose.xml in subject [X]
University of Virginia Library, Text collection in subject [X]
1994::01::01 in date [X]
Modify Search | New Search
Results:  1 ItemBrowse by Facet | Title | Author
Sorted by:  
Page: 1
Subject
collapsePath
UVA-LIB-Text (1)
University of Virginia Library, Text collection[X]
Date
1Author:  AnonymousAdd
 Title:  Chief Joseph  
 Published:  1994 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text 
 Description: SCULPTURE labors under the disadvantage of having in most cases to carry out a subject or make a likeness at the bidding of some one else besides the artist himself. In painting there is more chance for an independent choice of topic, though the painted portrait is usually undertaken under the same hampering bonds. Luckily Mr. Olin I. Warner, while travelling in the West, happened to be on the Cherokee Reservation when Chief Joseph, the famous leader of the Nez Perces, was expected at army head-quarters. He waited until the old chief arrived, and used such arguments that in the course of several sittings he obtained the bass-relief medallion which is here to be seen [illustration omitted]. It was shown at the National Academy last spring, but hardly received the place and the attention it deserved. The portrait is a true labor of love on the part of the sculptor, and while it gives one of the many types of our North-American Indians, is said to be an excellent likeness of the warrior.
 Similar Items:  Find