Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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Salome, The Martyr, colossal bronzes of David, Washington, and marble busts of Longfellow, King, Murdoch, McDonald, Longworth and many others. Indeed, about a dozen private collections of Cincinnati boast several of his bronzes and marbles. New York possesses his Lincoln and the monument with allegorical pedestal erected to the memory of the banker, Seligman. Before shipment from Rome the Queen, the American Ambassador and others were the first to see the work which L ' ltalie pronounced a work in every way exceptional, and later a crowd of artists, sculptors, painters and archi- tects wished to render homage to the talent of the sculptor Ezekiel and expressed their admiration for his work. Three of his marbles are owned in Baltimore. The Sailor Boy, Grace Darling, Consolation, and Command are elsewhere. At the capital of his own land the Navy Yard possesses one heroic bronze, while the Corcoran niches eleven of his colossal statues of the great artists and the marble bust of Jefferson looks down from above the Speaker ' s chair in the Senate Chamber. Ezekiel has received many distinctions and is a member of various academies and the recipient of many gold and silver medals. In 1877 the Cavalier ' s Cross of Merit was conferred on him by the Grand Duke of Saxe Meiningen and later on he was knighted by the Emperor of Germany. And now that this son of the Virginia Military Institute has climbed up to his pedestal he has given of his highest self to his Alma Mater. Virginia Mourning Her Dead needs no interpreter. Majestic in her woe, she but speaks through her pathos of those who, living or dead, are immortal, who to-day and for always are her crown and her great glorv. R. A. MARR. We are indebted to H. C. Ezekiel. Mrs. F. C. Brauer and Dr. J. H. Campbell for facts and photographs.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON WITH ALLEGORICAL PEDESTAL.

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EZEKIEL, The Artist: And His Work.