Rumor about Hosmer's Zenobia, Art Journal, 1863

Rumor about Hosmer's Zenobia, Art Journal, 1863

Artists--Sculptors--US American

Arts--Sculpture

Citation of Different Periodical / Reprint

Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908

Reputation

Rumors

Gender Norms

Gossip--Published

Italy--Rome

The Art Journal republishes a comment from the Queen newspaper (in an obituary for British sculptor Alfred Gatley) which claims Hosmer's Zenobia statue was "really executed by an Italian workman."
Hosmer responded to this attack on her reputation with an article on "The Process of Sculpture" in The Atlantic Monthly (Dec, 1864).

Credit

Hathi Trust

Virtue & Co.

1863-00-00

Reference

The following remarks—part of a notice published in the Queen newspaper shortly after the news of his decease reached England—are evidently penned by a friendly, but not partial, hand—. "... and the 'Zenobia'—said to be by Miss Hosmer, but really executed by an Italian workman at Rome. Mr. Gatley visited England during the Exhibition, but returned to Rome a disappointed man. An attempt was made by some of his friends to bring his great merits before the public in such a form as to obtain, at least, an honest verdict; but the influence of the 'Roman clique' proved too strong ..."*

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*We have no idea who composed the "Roman clique" referred to by the writer ...

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112004525082. Accessed 21 July 2020.

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Apparently, Joseph Mozier started the rumor (Moody, Linda. “An Intimate Circle of Friends.” Gay Community News, 13 October 1984, Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/c821gk11q. Accessed 7 March 2022)