William Randolph Barbee

William Randolph Barbee (January 17, 1818 – June 16, 1868[1]) was an American sculptor recognized for creating idealized, sentimental classical figures.

He studied at Richmond College and began working in the offices of Barbee & Cunningham in Moorefield, West Virginia.

[7] He also completed a plaster bust of James L. Orr, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

He had commenced working on a design for the pediment of the U.S. House of Representatives when the outbreak of the Civil War halted his plans.

He also left two major works unfinished at his death, The Star of the West (a depiction of Pocahontas) and The Lost Pleiad.

), erected 1972 by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, located at 38°39′38″N 78°19′14″W / 38.66056°N 78.32056°W / 38.66056; -78.32056 inside Shenandoah National Park on the border of Page County and Rappahannock County at the cross over of Lee Highway (U.S. 211) and Skyline Drive, several miles east of the town of Luray.