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Rinehart (WILLIAM HENRY an American)

WILLIAM HENRY, an American sculptor; born in Carroll co., Md., Sept. 13, 1825; went to Baltimore in 1846; and found employment at his trade of stone cutter. He attended night school at the Maryland Institute and studied art; went to Italy in 1855 and studied under the best masters in sculpture; and while in that city executed two bas-reliefs, "Night" and "Morning" which attracted wide attention. He opened a studio on his return to Baltimore, but in 1858 established himself in Rome. His "Clytie," and "Love Reconciled with Death," in marble, at Baltimore, are noted for artistic feeling in prose. He completed Crawford's bronze doors for the National Capitol at Washington. He died in Rome, Oct. 28, 1874.