Identifier: americanartamer01mont (find matches)
Title: American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Montgomery, Walter
Subjects: Art Artists Art
Publisher: Boston, E.W. Walker & co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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was persuaded tomake it a part of the gratuitous system of instruction at the Institute. Before its incorporationwith that, Mr. Herrick had been engaged as instructor. Mr. OBrien succeeded him at theInstitute; and afterwards I for a time endeavored to supply his place. The school has sincebeen under the superintendence of Miss Cogswell, and deserves every possible aid and encour-agement from those who care to help a fair opportunity for appropriate and profitable occupa-tion for women. No great artist with the graver may have yet proceeded thence; but MissPowells conscientious work has earned a place in Scribners Portfolio, and many women havefound employment after there qualifying. It was at the Cooper Institute, too, in the School ofDesign, under the able tuition of the late Dr. Rimmer, that Mrs. Foote (then Miss Hallock),the best of our designers on the wood, began her art studies. In the same school Miss Curtis,Miss Gibbons, and Miss Ledyard had their first lessons. W. J. Linton.
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famt -ijA, M(rr:h ltniy,J~ <h ,:,,,,.n ittjjua ! ■ OPHELIA. ORIGINAL ETCHING ANNA LEA merritt. The painting from which the etching was made was shown at an exhibition of the RoyalAcademy, London, and was bought by Lord Walter Campbell. Previous to exhibiting it, theartist made special studies among the inmates of an insane asylum, and altered the character ofthe face, giving it more of the expression which we should look for in the features of the unfortunateOphelia. Both painting and etching are excellent, and there can scarcely be a question as to the highrank of this work in point of technique. THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVING IN AMERICA. PART V. Chapter Thirty-ninth.

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