The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

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, February 15, 1859, 4.
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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."