Yankee Stonecutters: The First American School of Sculpture, 1800-1850

NY: Columbia University Press, 1945. Hardcover. VG. Boards. 84 pp. 20 bw platesn. Contents as follows: pt. 1. The ingenious Yankee mechanic: National monument; or, sculpture and politics -- Portrait bust; or, sculptors and art patrons -- Statuary group; or, whittler's progress -- Clay figures; or, some representative men -- Graffitti d'Italia; or, sketches of Florentine and Roman art-life -- The ingenious Yankee mechanic; or, the statuary business -- pt. 2. The first American school of sculpture: The precursors: sculptors, stonecutters, carvers, and modelers in America before 1800 -- Biographical dictionary: American sculptors born between 1800 and 1830 -- The successors: some American sculptors born between 1830 and 1850. (Inventory #: 21151000001)