I don't understand
I don't understand why sculptor George Grey Barnard ended up with such a crappy tombstone in the old Harrisburg cemetery.
He designed the flanking groups of statuary on the facade of our Capitol building, which have been justly celebrated for nearly a century (in addition to other works, of course).
But then that caused a (ridiculous) scandal back in the day, because of the nudity of the figures. Silly. They made him add fig leaves to the genitals.
So maybe that was enough dumb "tarnish" to leave him with this crappy, plain tombstone which in no way hints at his gifts as a sculptor.
Or maybe he did something else to piss society off later. Maybe he just died poor.
I don't understand
I don't understand why sculptor George Grey Barnard ended up with such a crappy tombstone in the old Harrisburg cemetery.
He designed the flanking groups of statuary on the facade of our Capitol building, which have been justly celebrated for nearly a century (in addition to other works, of course).
But then that caused a (ridiculous) scandal back in the day, because of the nudity of the figures. Silly. They made him add fig leaves to the genitals.
So maybe that was enough dumb "tarnish" to leave him with this crappy, plain tombstone which in no way hints at his gifts as a sculptor.
Or maybe he did something else to piss society off later. Maybe he just died poor.