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Volk, Leonard Wells

sculptor, was born Nov. 7, 1828, in Wellstown (now Wells), N. Y. In 1857 he settled in Chicago. His first sitter for a portrait-bustthe first that was ever modeled in that city-was his patron, and he subsequently, in 1858, made a life-size statue of Mr. Douglas in marble.

VOLK, STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUG- LAS, artist, was born Feb. 23, 1856, in Pittsfield, Mass. In 1875 he exhibited at the salon In Brittany, and his Vanity was at the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition of 1876. His other important works are In the Studio; The Puritan Maiden; The Puritan Captives; Accused of Witchcraft; and The Bride.