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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910 | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Houdon , Jean Antoine 1740 -1828 (search)
Houdon, Jean Antoine 1740-1828
Sculptor; born in Versailles, France, March 20. 1740; passed ten years at Rome in the study of the antiques.
In 1785 he was employed to make a marble statue of Washington for the State of Virginia, which now stands in the rotunda of the State capitol at Richmond.
He visited Mount Vernon and made a cast of the living face only, and. after returning to France, modelled the entire full length of the patriot.
That original cast is at Mount Vernon It is the true model of Washington's face, and should be the standard portrait.
He died in Paris, July 15, 1828.
Houdon's mask of Washington.
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Report of the Committee on Necrology. (search)