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artist's studio with a commission for a portrait. Sandringham Church. Memorials to the Empress

An invitation to Sandringham followed not long Frederick, who died in the same year as Queen

after so that Mr. Fuchs might design a memorial Victoria, a portrait of Lady Randolph Churchill,

for the Prince's brother Alfred, Duke of Saxe- the bronze of the little Marquis of Blandford,

Coburg, and in the spring of 1900 he was sum- eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Marlbor-

moned to Windsor so that Queen Victoria might ough, a bronze of Forbes-Robertson and a marble

pose for a portrait-medal which commemorated head of Sir Arthur Pinero are a few of the other

the entrance of her reign into the new century. He works in sculpture which belong to the London

made a medal for the Princess Alexandra as period.

"Princess of Pity" and a year later he made the Mr. Fuch's artistic affiliations with New York

Coronation medal had begun long before
when King Edward

and Queen Alexandra
were crowned. Some
time before this he had
made a bust in marble
of Lady Alice Mon-
tague, the beautiful
young daughter of the
Duchess of Manches-
ter. Both Lady Alice
and her sister died
very young, and their
mother suggested that
Mr. Fuchs make a
memorial for them,
but the design was
never carried out ex-
cept in a small model
in marble which the
artist sent to the Royal
Academy. It was later
purchased by the
Walker Art Gallery in
Liverpool.

Not long before her
death, Queen Victoria

he decided to make it
his home. When he
was staying in the
Beaux Arts studios in
1906 he received a
visit from Mrs. C. P.
Huntington, who in-
vited him to her home
to see her art collec-
tion. There he met
her son, Mr. Archer
Huntington, who
asked him to make a
membership medal for
the Hispanic Society
of America, of which
he is president. The
medal which he de-
signed for this purpose
is especially pleasing.
The figures of Art and
Literature on the re-
verse are very beauti-
fully clone, showing
the delicacy and rich-
ness of effect with

SIR ARTHUR PINERO IN MARBLE BY EMIL FUCHS

ordered of Mr. Fuchs which Mr. Fuchs is

a memorial to her grandson, Prince Christian of capable of working in low relief. On the front of

Schleswig-Holstein, for St. George's Chapel at the medal the draperies of the crowned figure

Windsor. The Queen was very ill when he took representing Spain, tenderly guiding the youthful

his sketches down to Osborne, but she w as able New World, against a background of the Statue

to look at them and the artist journeyed back to of Liberty and New York harbor has a depth of

London with her approval of his designs. A week perspective subtly expressed. After completing

later he received word that she was dead and that this, Mr. Fuchs was asked to make a Medal of

he should come immediately to make sketches of Merit for the same society which every year might

her as she lay in state. The description of his vigil be awarded the Spaniard who had distinguished

by her deathbed is an impressive passage in Mr. himself in art, science or music. SoroIIa and

Fuch's book; he worked alone for many hours Ibafiez are among those who have received the

through the night in her flower-scented room, and medal designed for this purpose,
became so engrossed in his task that he was not Through these two medals Mr. Fuchs was

aware, until he had finished, that he was sur- brought in touch with Mr. Edward D. Adams,

rounded by nil the royalty of Europe who had who is one of the board of governors of the Amer-

come to pay their respect to the dead. Later, ican Numismatic Society. Mr. Adams was also

King Edward had Mr. Fuchs make a bust of chairman of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Com-

Queen Victoria for Balmoral and a medallion for mittee and secured Mr. Fuchs to make the medal

sixty-two

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