26 January

Born in 1714 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor.

Above: L'Enfant à la cage, 1749. (wider view here)

Also, born in 1831, American children's author and editor Mary Mapes Dodge.

From Hans Brinker Or, The Silver Skates:

Ah! Raff Brinker, it was only natural that your eyes should fill with hot tears even while looking at the joyful faces of your loved ones. Ten years dropped from a man's life are no small loss; ten years of manhood, of household happiness and care; ten years of honest labor, of conscious enjoyment of sunshine and outdoor beauty, ten years of grateful life—One day looking forward to all this; the next, waking to find them passed, and a blank. What wonder the scalding tears dropped one by one upon your cheek!