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Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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erfect specimen ofthis style can be found even in the old cities of Northern Italy, where, being confinedto the same materials, the ancient Italian architects carried their use to such a degreeof perfection that modern architects from all countries resort for the study of their artto the cities of Modena, Pavia, Mantua, and Verona, A careful inspection was madeof the best hospitals in this country and abroad, before the plans for the interior wereadopted; and in every respect this institution represents the most advanced improve-ments in construction, and is a model of completeness and excellence. The main front PROVIDENCE AND VICINITY. 505 extends a little more than four hundred feet. In the month of October, 186S, the hos-pital was opened with appropriate ceremonies, and is now filled with patients to itsutmost capacity. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument stands in an open square adjoining the rail-road-station, and was erected in 1871, in accordance with a vote of the State Legisla-
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Mark-Rock Landing. ture, at a cost of about sixty thousand dollars. It was modelled by Mr. RandolphRogers, in Rome; and the castings were made in Munich, under his direction. Fromthe level of the ground to the top of the monument it is forty-six feet, and the generalappearance of the structure is very imposing. It is surmounted by a female figure inbronze, eleven feet high, representing America at the close of the late war. The left 5o6 PICTURESQUE AMERICA. hand is resting on a sword, and holding a wreath of immortelles; and the right hand,extending, holds a wreath of laurels, as if to crown the heroes of the war. The figureis draped in classic robes, hanging easily and naturally around the form. The face is be-nign, and full of expression. Beneath the plinth upon which the statue stands are starsand wreaths of oak and laurel in bronze. Upon the face of the next section are thearms of the State of Rhode Island, while in the rear are the arms of the United States.On the angles are fasc

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