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Story (WILLIAM WETMORE an American)

WILLIAM WETMORE, an American sculptor, son of Judge Joseph; born in Salem, Mass., Feb. 19, 1819; was graduated at Harvard in 1838; was admitted to the bar and practiced five years; went to Rome to study art and made Italy his home. Among his sculptures are: a statue of Edward Everett (in the Boston Public Garden); and one of Prescott at Bunker Hill; "Cleopatra"; "Semiramis"; "Judith"; "Jerusalem"; "Medea"; "The Sybil"; etc.; and busts of Judge Story, Lowell, Bryant, etc. He published: "Nature and Art: A Poem" WILLIAM WETMORE STORY (1844); "Poems" (1847); "Life and Letters of Joseph Story" (1851) ; "Poems" (1856); "The American Question" (1862); "Roba di Roma" (1862); "Graffiti d'Italia" (1868); "A Roman Lawyer in Jerusalem" (1870); "Nero: An Historical Play" (1875); "Stephania:

A Tragedy" (1875); "Vallombrosa" (1881); "He and She" (1883); "Poems" (1885-1886); "Fiametta" (1886); "Conversations in a Studio" (1890); "Excursions in Art and Letters" (1891); "A Poet's Portfolio" (1894). He died in Vallombrosa, near Florence, Italy, Oct. 7, 1895.