Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Vinnie Ream was the sculptor of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capitol rotunda. Vinnie was the first female and the youngest artist to ever receive a commission from the United States Government for a statue.

Not everyone was in favor of Vinnie receiving the commission.

Who wrote this?

"Miss Ream, who received the $10,000 for a Lincoln statue, is a young girl of about twenty who has been studying her art for a few months, never made a statue, has some plaster busts on exhibition, including her own, minus clothing to the waist, has a pretty face, long dark curls and plenty of them, wears a jockey hat and a good deal of jewelry, sees members at their lodgings or in the reception room at the Capitol, urges her claims fluently and confidently, sits in the galleries in a conspicuous position and in her most bewitching dress, while those claims are being discussed on the floor, and nods and smiles as a member rises and delivers his opinion on the merits of the case with the air of a man sitting for his picture..."