Jonathan Scott Hartley (1845–1912)

American sculptor, born at Albany, NY, on the 23rd of September 1845. He was a pupil of E. D. Palmer, New York, and of the schools of the Royal Academy, London; he later studied for a year in Berlin and for a year in Paris. His first important work (1882) was a statue of Miles Morgan, the Puritan, for Springfield, MA. Among his other works are the Daguerre monument in Washington; “Thomas K. Beecher,” Elmira, NY, and “Alfred the Great,” Appellate Court House, New York. He devoted himself particularly to the making of portrait busts, in which he attained high rank. In 1891 he became a member of the National Academy of Design. He died in New York City on the 6th of December 1912. Among his last exhibits were “Young Hopi Stick Thrower” (1911) and “The Cradle of Pan” (1912).