Letter from LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 4, 1858.
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Title: Letter from LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 4, 1858.
Author
- Mead, Larkin Goldsmith
Recipient
- Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882
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Letter from LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 4, 1858., Original located at the University of Vermont's Special Collections in the George Perkins Marsh Collection, filed by date., http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/lgmgpm580104 (accessed May 23, 2013)
Letter from LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated January 4, 1858.
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TEI mark-up by : James P. Tranowski andEllen Thomson
Published by: University of Vermont. All rights reserved.
Brattleboro January 4, 1858
Hon. Geo. P. Marsh,
Dear Sir,
Since I saw you at Montpelier, I have given the subject of the statue a careful
examination and I think that, it looks quite gloomy. Mr. P. seems to think that the
least expense the better. I suppose the proper way for me to do will be to say that
I will make the statue for the sum appropriated, (Gilded) and in the most durable
manner
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I have inquired in relation to the cost of gilding and find it will be
a considerable expense. I should like to do the statue but think if I took it upon
myself for an insufficient sum it would trouble and discourage me more than to have
given it up to the ship carvers, and a cheap unstudied work would check rather than
advance my reputation as a beginner These little sketches will perhaps show which
would have the best effect, an elaborate grouping, or a simple figure. If you think
it for my interest to take any further steps in the matter I -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- wish you would
inform me what you think will be the most proper design, for I should prize your
opinion more than any ones else from your thorough experience in all pertaining to
Art. I hope you will favor me by writing your judgment and much oblige
Your Obt Servt
Larkin G. Mead, Jr. note:Hon. George P. Marsh note:Burlington
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