Lot 115: BRONZE STATUE J. HENRY HASELTINE "ROMA"

BRONZE STATUE - 'America Honoring Her Fallen Brave' by J. Henry Haseltine (PA, 1833-1907), originally for the Philadelphia Union League Club, signed on base and marked 'Roma'. In larger than life form, with 'America Victorius', this flanked the entrance to the Philadelphia Centennnial Exhibition of 1876. Haseltine was a Major with the 6th Penn Cavalry (Rush's Lancers) during the Civil War, saw a great deal of action, most famously the wheatfield at Gettysburg. This version of the statue, which was probably produced in a fairly limited number, is 14" tall overall, in very good condition with a handsome patina, minor distortion to base platform.