November 2012
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Rebirth for a Classic Sculpture? In 1791 William Rush, the United States’ first great sculptor, carved a wooden figurehead of an Indian trader for the William Penn, a trading vessel. But after she was sold in 1802, the ship vanished from the historical record. Two centuries later the figurehead may have come to light. A research team believes a seven- And-a-half-foot-high wood carving bought...
