STATUE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON.
A colossal model by Mr. Bally of a statue of George Stephenson, to i)e erected in the great room of the Euston Square station, has been visible this week at the sculptor's studio. The renowned engineer is repre- sented standing : with one hand lie holds a plan of a railway-bridge, while the other touches the facings of the coat, in natural, and, we un- derstand, characteristic action. Our mention of the coat will show that the manner of representation is strictly modern: and we may add, that here, as well as in other works of Mr. Baily treated on the same principle, the modernness is not only useful, indeed necessary, for identifying the man, but is so managed as not to shock sculpturesque proprieties. The face is massive and energetic, the figure imposing, and the action easy with a colossal ease.
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