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1864 Reader 5 Mar. 300/1 Galileo..says: As to what sculptors argue, that Nature moulds men but does not paint them, I reply that she makes them not less by painting than sculpture, because she both sculpts and colours.

1883 K. S. Macquoid Her Sailor Love II. v. i. 135 A well-known sculptor..had been commissioned by the squire of Trant to sculpt his wife.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Oct. 2/2 Mr. Watts's well-known principle is..that the sculptor should paint and the painter should sculpt.

1886 O. Lodge in Liverpool Univ. Coll. Mag. Mar. 138 The statues we sculpt..the less said about them the better.

1894 E. Sullivan Woman 105 A sculptor advised a young sculpting friend to lose no time in completing the bust of the deceased husband whenever it was ordered by the inconsolable widow.

1928 Daily Express 16 June 4/5 He sculpts in almost every material.

1931 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Mar. 12/7 Somebody proposed that instead of being depicted as astride a horse (steed, charger) this general be sculpted as a figure seated in a motor car.

1966 J. Richardson George IV 332 The statue (known as the Copper Horse) had been sculpted by Westmacott.

1977 Times 5 Sept. 5/7 My uncle, my mother's brother, draws beautifully and sculpts.

1967 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 86/3 Numerical control of machine tools is obtainable in a number of forms, from the simple point-to-point positioning system, through straight~line machining systems, to the complex continuous path systems which can sculpt any shape capable of being expressed numerically.

1972 Sci. Amer. Mar. 45/1 (advt.) High-level signal lights, neatly sculpted into the rear deck of the car.

1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. viii. 133 It isn't enough to go to shops and buy pictures. We must go in for sculpting too.