Fisher Girl
about 1858
marble
William Randolph Barbee
born Luray, VA 1818 - died Luray, VA 1863
Active in Washington DC, William Barbee was a sculptor from Luray in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Initially he set out to be a lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1843 and practicing for ten years. However, he decided his true interest and talent was in sculpture, and he went to Italy for two years to study with neo-classic sculptors Hiram Powers and Joel Hart Tanner.