HIRAM See also:

• HIRAM POWERS (1805-1873)

POWERS (1805-1873)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American sculptor, the son of a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WOODSTOCK

Woodstock, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont, on the 29th of See also:

• JUNE

June 18o5 . In 1819 his See also:

• FATHER

father removed to See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, about six See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati, where the son attended school for about a See also:

• YEAR

year, staying meanwhile with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, alawyerin Cincinnati . After leaving school he found employment in superintending a See also:

• READING

reading-See also:

• ROOM

room in connexion with the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief hotel of the See also:

• TOWN

town, but, being, in his own words, " forced at last to leave that See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as his clothes and shoes were fast leaving him," he became a clerk in a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store . His second employer in this See also:

• LINE

line of business having invested his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital in a See also:

• CLOCK

clock and See also:

• ORGAN

organ factory, See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

Powers set himself to See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master the construction of the See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments, displaying an aptitude which in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time enabled him to become the first mechanic in the factory . In 1826 he began to frequent the studio of Mr Eckstein, and at once conceived a strong See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for the See also:

• ART

art of See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture . His proficiency in modelling secured him the situation of general assistant and artist of the Western Museum, kept by a Frenchman named Dorfeuille, where his ingenious See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of the infernal regions to illustrate the more striking scenes in the poem of See also:

• DANTE

Dante met with extraordinary success . After studying thoroughly the art of modelling and casting, at the end of 1834 he went to See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, where his remarkable gifts soon awakened general See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . In 1837 he settled in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, where he remained till his See also:

• DEATH

death . While he found it profitable to devote the greater See also:

• PART

part of his time to busts, his best efforts were bestowed on ideal See also:

• WORK

work . In 1839 his statue of " See also:

• EVE

Eve " excited the warm admiration of See also:

• THORWALDSEN, BERTEL (1770.1844)

Thorwaldsen, and in 1843 he produced his celebrated " See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Slave," which at once gave him a place among the leading sculptors of his time . Among the best known of his other ideal statues are the " See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

Fisher Boy." " Il Penseroso," See also:

• PROSERPINE (Proserpina)

Proserpine," " See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California," " See also:

• AMERICA

America " (modelled for the Crystal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace, See also:

• SYDENHAM
• SYDENHAM, CHARLES EDWARD
• SYDENHAM, THOMAS (1624-1689)

Sydenham), and the " Last of his Tribe." He died on the 27th of June 1873 . See an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by T .

A . See also:

• TROLLOPE, ANTHONY (181 1882)

Trollope in Lippincott's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine for See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1875 .