Scolded and Unamused
Reproof
c. 1878-1880 by Edward R. Thaxter
Marble
”In Reproof a young girl sternly scolds her cat who has just attacked a birds nest. She clutches the cat to her chest and looks at it disapprovingly while waving her hand in discipline. Meanwhile a dead bird lies at her feet and feathers hang limply from the cat’s mouth. This scene is a prelude to the responsibilities of motherhood the young girl who is now reprimanding her cat will have to ensure that her own children are well behaved in the future. Although Edward Thaxter’s life was short, he excelled in creating detailed neoclassical sculpture. He made at least five marble copies of Reproof.”
Smithsonian American Art Museum
April 25th, 2017
The Humble Fabulist 
I love this statue. I wish I had it in my house.
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I like it because it brings me back in time, to my teenage years: I’ve been this girl so many times… with my first cat who was a real hunter and kept bringing these gifts in the house!
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