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 Nineteenth Century. 293 John Henry Foley (1818—1874), a native of Dublin, was one of the most successful of modern sculptors of poetic feeling. His Ino and Bacchus, and Youth at the Stream are among his best works. He also executed the equestrian statues of Lord Hardinge and Sir James Outram for India; and the group of " Asia" for the Albert Memorial. Benjamin Spence (1822 — 1866) was an artist of consider- able imaginative power. His Highland Mary, Lady of the Lake, Lavinia, Pharaoh's Daughter, and Angel's Whisper, are among his best works. Munro Macdonald, Lough, Noble, Theed and Philip, all attained to fame in recent years, but our limits will not allow us to do more than mention their names. Of living English sculptors, whose works we do not pro- pose here to criticise, we must name H. H. Armstead, R.A. ; Calder Marshall, R.A. ; Thomas Woolner, RA. ; C. B. Birch, A.RA. ; J. E. Boehm, A. R.A. ; E. B. Stephens, A.RA. ; Hamo Thorny croft, A. R.A. ; Adams Acton; and John Bell. In the Albert Memorial we have specimens of the best works of several of our greatest living sculptors, and we may fairly point to the high general standard of excellence obtained there as establishing a good position for English sculpture at the present day. Of the future of sculpture in England it is not easy to speak. Its best chance appears to be in its combination with architecture, the growing recognition of its true limits, and the increasing refinement of the public taste.