International studio (61.1917)

Equestrian Memorial to Alfred Gwynne Aanderbilt

MEMORIAL STATUE TO ALFRED GWYNNE VANDERBILT BY EUGENE MORAHAN


Morahan has been able to balance his group in
such a way as to avoid the use of any props or
braces to sustain the weight of the fore part of
these figures. This is secured in part by having
the two beasts lean slightly toward each other
as horses always are apt to do when they are
close together and in rapid motion.
An accurate judgment cannot be formed by
seeing this beautiful group from one side only.
From every point of view it is equally agreeable,
a characteristic not to be found in many other-
wise excellent works of sculpture.
The group will be cast in bronze and placed

upon a cylindrical pedestal. This pedestal rises
from the centre of a huge shallow bowl of pleasing
form which in turn stands upon a larger and richly
ornamented base. The bowl will serve as a
drinking fountain for horses. Placed in the cen-
tre of Newport’s beautiful park, it will be seen
and admired by all who pass it by.
The pedestal bears the following inscription:
TO THE MEMORY OE
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
WHO PERISHED ON THE LUSITANIA IN THE THIRTY-
EIGHTH YEAR OF HIS AGE. MAY 7, 1915.
Erected by Fifty of his Friends.

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