1854-12-26 Winthrop Statue: Richard S. Greenough to Jacob Bigelow (page 2)

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the Corporation, to ask you
to prepare one for me.
Feeling that I must de-
pend upon my own poor
wits for the modifications
of your note, I will
put down my suggestions,
as requested.

First. It will
be necessary for me to
model the head in
Boston. here is the original
portrait, which will be
better than any copy.

Second. It is
highly important that I
should be left entirely free

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in regard to the treatment
of my subject, and that,
if after a mature con-
sideration of the sub-
ject, I should feel its
conclude to change, even
from my study model,
that I should be at
liberty to do so. Some-
times we make several
study models..

Third. It should
be specified, that the statue
is to be made of "first
quality" marble

Fourth. The
difference of size in the
different subjects for statues,
should be preserved in
their respective statues;