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HIRAM, an American sculptor; born in Woodstock, Vt., July 29, 1805. While still a boy he went to Cincinnati, O., where he became an apprentice to clockmaker. Subsea quently he was employed for seven years making wax figures and fitting them with machinery for the Cincinnati museum. In 1835 he went to Washington, where he executed the busts of several distinguished persons. Two years later he was enabled to go to Italy to study his art, and he resided in Florence till his death. There he produced his statue of "Eve," and in 1843 the "Greek Slave"; "Fisher Boy" (1846).
Among the other works the chief were "Proserpine," "Il Penseroso," "California," "America," and busts of Washington for the State of Louisiana, of Calhoun for South Carolina, and Daniel Webster for Boston, as well as those of other distinguished ruished Americans. He died in Florence, Italy, June 27, 1873.