Sculptor; born in
Watertown, Mass., Oct. 9, 1830; began modelling in clay at an early age; and, having finished her education in school, she took a course of anatomical instruction in a medical college at
St. Louis, Mo. She made a bust of
Hesper, in marble, in 1852, which attracted much attention, and her father (a physician) placed her under the tuition of
Mr. Gibson, sculptor, at
Rome.
Her best-known work,
Beatrice Cenci, was executed for the public library at
St. Louis.
She soon became a distinguished and popular artist.
One of her, best productions, finished in 1859, is
Zenobia in chains.
She makes
Rome her permanent abiding place.
