Near to this is a remarkable group by Greenough, where the early settler is struggling with the savage; while opposite in the yard is the statue of Washington by the same artist, which has found little favor because it is nude, but which shows a mastery of art.
Sumner describes a dramatic sculpture by Greenough depicting the struggle between an early settler and a Native American.
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