. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present . ldingare of southern hard pine, and all the finish, with few excep-ceptions, is of oak. The doors are all made of oak and areheavy and substantial. The works of Art which are now in the Art Gallery, aswell as the collections of engravings, photographs and relicsin the adjoining rooms, are a source of much profit and 72 FITCHBURG, PAST AND PRESENT. enjoyment to our citizens, and a great attraction to strangerswho may be sojourning in our city. At the time the Art Gallery was opened to the public, themain room was set apart for oil paintings, the we
. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, past and present . ldingare of southern hard pine, and all the finish, with few excep-ceptions, is of oak. The doors are all made of oak and areheavy and substantial. The works of Art which are now in the Art Gallery, aswell as the collections of engravings, photographs and relicsin the adjoining rooms, are a source of much profit and 72 FITCHBURG, PAST AND PRESENT. enjoyment to our citizens, and a great attraction to strangerswho may be sojourning in our city. At the time the Art Gallery was opened to the public, themain room was set apart for oil paintings, the west side roomfor photographs, the east side room for engravings and watercolors, the south-east corner room for relics, and the south-west corner room for exhibition of art work from the schools orsuch as might be required. The library was already in pos-session of a valuable collection of photographic copies ofworks of art in the galleries of Europe which were properlyarranged, and to which some additions have been made bygift and purchase. /. A very good number of oil paintings have been receivedand also several large, fine steel engravings and following is a list of the various pictures and articlesthus far represented : Oil Painting, Headwaters of Owens River, artist, ; presented by Thomas Mack. Water Color, Gathering Sea Weed, Pacific Coast, artist,F. A. McClure; presented by D. B. Whittier. EDUCATIONAL. 73 Oil Painting, Sentinel Rock, artist, G. Andrews: pre-sented by H. F. Coggshall. India Ink Portrait of Anson Marshall, artist, J. C. Monlton ;presented by H. A. Goodrich. Oil Painting, Gleams of Sunshine, artist, R. M. Shurt-leff; presented by H. I. Wallace. Oil Painting, A Quiet Nook, artist, J. Appleton Brown :presented by H. A. Willis. Oil Portrait of Charles Sumner, artist, Edgar Parker ; pre-sented by James Phillips, Jr. Oil Portrait of Alvah Crocker, artist, Edgar Parker; pre-sented by the family. Engraving, Haydn returning from England, pres
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