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The Dream. A Bust by Akers, seen in his Studio at Rome [from the N. Y. Journal of Commerce]

Percy, Florence. "The Dream. A Bust by Akers, seen in his Studio at Rome [from the N. Y. Journal of Commerce]." New York Saturday Press. 15 Feb. 1859: 4.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

Rome's mythological history haunts the sculptor's studio, seemingly giving life to his creation: "A dreaming marble face / Exquisite in its grace."