wˈɔlt ænd ɹˈɑːdʒɚ ɹˈiːd ɪnðɪ ˈɪləstɹˌeɪɾɚɹ ɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi dˈæʃ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi kɹˈɛdɪt sˌʌm ʌv ðɪs ɹˈiːəlɪzəm tə hɪz mˈɑːdəlɪŋ ʌv bˈʌsts ɪn klˈeɪ fɔːɹ ɹˈɛfɹəns.
Walt and Roger Reed in The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980 credit some of this realism to his modeling of busts in clay for reference.