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LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD (1835— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 945 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOLDSMITH See also:MEAD (1835— )  , See also:American sculptor, was See also:born at See also:Chesterfield, New See also:Hampshire, on the 3rd of Jinuary 1835 . He was a See also:pupil (1853—1855) of See also:Henry See also:Kirke See also:Brown . During the See also:early See also:part of the See also:Civil See also:War he was at the front for six months, with the See also:army of the See also:Potomac, as an artist for Harper's Weekly; and in 1862—1865 he was in See also:Italy, being for part of the See also:time attached to the See also:United States consulate at See also:Venice, while See also:William D . See also:Howells, his See also:brother-in-See also:law, was See also:consul . He returned to See also:America in 1865, but subsequently went back to Italy and lived at See also:Florence . His first important See also:work was a statue of Ethan See also:Allen, now at the See also:State See also:House, See also:Montpelier, See also:Vermont . His See also:principal See also:works are: the See also:monument to See also:President See also:Lincoln, See also:Springfield, See also:Illinois; " Ethan Allen " (1876), See also:National See also:Hall of Statuary, Capitol, See also:Washington; an heroic See also:marble statue, " The See also:Father of See also:Waters," New See also:Orleans; and " See also:Triumph of See also:Ceres," made for the Columbian Exposition, See also:Chicago . His brother, WILLIAM See also:RUTHERFORD See also:MEAD (1846– ), graduated at See also:Amherst See also:College in 1867, and studied See also:architecture in New See also:York under See also:Russell See also:Sturgis, and also abroad . In 1879 he and J . F . See also:McKim, with whom he had been in See also:partnership for two years as architects, were joined by See also:Stanford See also:White, and formed the well-known See also:firm of McKim, Mead & White .

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