I'm translating from a text of 1849 and I found this quote referred to an American visitor of the sculptor Powers who, on hearing the price of a statue of Proserpine, wonderingly asked, "Isn't statuary riz lately?"
Do I put "riz" right as "rise", even if the context would suggest the contrary?
Do I put "riz" right as "rise", even if the context would suggest the contrary?