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 plished his purpose in the law, his first important pictures being, "Jesus Condemned" (1879), and "Warren in the Old South" (1880). He then left painting as an exclusive pursuit to his brother Darius, while he devoted himself to sculpture. Prominent among his achievements in this line are: bust of Benjamin P. Shillaber (186T); Soldiers monument, erected at Cambridge, Mass., (1800); "Prospero and Miranda"(1883); "The Celtic Bard" (1886); bust of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan (1888); statue of "America," heroic size, (1889); bust of the Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks (1897); bust of Gen. Horace Binney Sargent, for the Soldiers' home in Chelsea (1898); and a heroic bust of Paul Revere, for the town hall of Revere, Mass. (1898). In 1896 he received an order from Governor Wolcott for a marble bust of the Rev. S. F. Smith, D.D., author of "America," to be placed in the state house at Boston. In 1897 he assisted his brother, Darius, to decorate the banquet hall in the Tuileries, a new hotel on Commonwealth avenue, Boston, with panels illustrating the history of France. Of these, nine in all, Cyrus painted "Catherine de Medici and Charles IX.," "Henry IV. at the Battle of Ivry," and "Napoleon and Lord Witworth." In 1898 he completed a large alto-relief of Paul Revere starting on his famous ride, and a large bas-relief of "Prospero and Miranda," for the Boston art club. He was instructor of the modelling class for several seasons at the New England conservatory. He is the author of: The Veteran of the Grand Army (1870) and many poems and sonnets, and in 1898 was engaged in making free-hand portraits for over thirty original sonnets to the Masters of Art, published in 1899. He died in Alston, Mass., Jan. 29, 1903.   COBB, Darius, painter, was born at Maiden, Mass., Aug. 6. 1834; son of the Rev. Sylvanus and Eunice Hale (Waite) Cobb. With his twin brother, Cyrus, he attended the Lyman school of East Boston; afterward studied the classics under Prof. I. N. Eyers, mathematics at the Norway liberal institute, and oratory under Wyzeman Marshall, at the sain.e time studying music, art and literature. In 1862 the brothers enlisted in the 44th Massachusetts infantry, doing service in North Carolina. In their art work their great

instructor was Nature. They also received instruction from a relative and pupil of Washington Allston, who imparted to them in their youth many valuable ideas of that master. Cyrus chose sculpture and Darius painting. Darius was art editor of the Boston Traveler, 1872-79, and became prominent in musical and literary circles and on the lecture platform. Among his more noted pictures are: portraits of Louis Agassiz (1875), and Rufus Choate (1876); "King Lear" (1877); "Judas in the Potter's Field" (1877) ; "Christ Before Pilate" (1878); "For Their Sakes" (1879); "Washington on Dorchester Heights" (1880); portraits of Gen. B. F. Butler (1889), and Rev. Phillips Brooks (1893); "Immortality" (1893); portraits of John A. Andrew (1894), and Charles P. Clark (1897). In 1897, assisted by his brother Cyrus, he decorated the walls of the banquet hall of the Tuileries, Boston, with panels illustrative of French history. Of the nine panels he painted six: "Jeanne d'Arc"; "An Intrigue in the Court of Louis XIII."; "Richelieu and the Mayor of Rochelle"; "A Troublesome Edict of Louis XIV."; "The Storming of the Tuileries"; and "The Downfall of the Second Empire." In 1898 he painted two large pictures for the town hall at Revere, Mass., the subjects being scenes in the ride of Paul Revere.  COBB, David, soldier, was born in Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 14, 1748; son of Thomas and Lydia (Leonard) Cobb ; grandson of Morgan and Esther (Hodges) Cobb; and great-grandson of Austen Cobb of Taunton, Mass., who received a deed of his farm there in 1679. David was graduated from Harvard in 1766 and practised medicine at Taunton, Mass. He was secretary of the Bristol county convention of 1774, delegate to the provincial congress at Concord, 1770; entered the Continental army as lieutenant-colonel of Jackson's regiment, and served in New Jersey and Rhode Island, 1777-78. He was on the staff of General Washington as aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel, entertained the French officers, and negotiated with the British commander for the evacuation of New York. He received the brevet of brigadier-general in 1783; on returning 