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Crawford (d. 1857) was born in New York City and eventually moved to Rome where he studied under the direction of Thorwaldsen. An exponent of Greek Revival, his group of "Orpheus and Cerberus," was executed in 1839, and purchased for the Boston Athenaeum. This was followed by a succession of groups, figures, and reliefs. Crawford achieved major success when he was commissioned to produce decorations for the Capitol and Senate wing in Washington, D.C. In 1849 he received a commission from the state of Virginia to design an equestrian monument of Washington, eventually erected in Richmond.
The serene subject here is derived from a traditional children's tale first published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in 1595. The moving subject was popular among the Victorians, and was portrayed in various forms in literature, painting, sculpture and decorative arts. The phrase "Babes in the Wood" has passed into the English language, referring to innocents in a potentially dangerous situation. An example of the model was purchased by the Lenox library and another is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The serene subject here is derived from a traditional children's tale first published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in 1595. The moving subject was popular among the Victorians, and was portrayed in various forms in literature, painting, sculpture and decorative arts. The phrase "Babes in the Wood" has passed into the English language, referring to innocents in a potentially dangerous situation. An example of the model was purchased by the Lenox library and another is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.