Presented by Samuel W. Francis, M. D., June 6, 1865.
70. Achilles and Penthesilea. Group in marble. G. M. Benzoni.
Presented by the children of the late Charles H. Russell, February 2, 1886.
71. A Bacchante. In marble. Nicolas Coustou.
(Bryan Collection.)
72. The Indian. In marble. Thomas Crawford.
This sculpture is a repetition of the well known figure in The Progress of Civilization in America, a group executed by order of the Government for the Capitol extension at Washington.
"Resting on a low mound is seated the Indian chief, a nude figure excellently modeled. His head, crowned with tufted feathers, rests sadly upon his hand, the weary chase of life is over, he is dying—the Great Spirit waits to conduct him to the far off hunting-grounds, that dreamy land where souls repose in boundless prairies. His tribe has disappeared, he is left alone, the solitary offshoot of a mighty race; already the axe of the backwoodsman disturbs his last hours; civilization, and art, and agriculture—all mysteries to him incomprehensible—have desecrated his home, and the dark shadows of the past gather him into their bosom!"—London Art Journal.
Purchased from the family of the Artist, and presented by Frederic de Peyster, President of the Society, April 6, 1875.
73. Primitive Marksman. In bronze. Fernando Miranda.
Presented by the Artist, February 22, 1911.