. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. eters church. For seventeen years he labored to make thatstructure one of the wonders of the world. Dnring this sameperiod he executed numero
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. eters church. For seventeen years he labored to make thatstructure one of the wonders of the world. Dnring this sameperiod he executed numerous other works, among which was thebuilding of the Farnese palace; constructing another palace on theCapitoline hill and adorning the hill with antique statues; making aflight of steps to the church of the convent of Ara Coeli; rebuildingabridge across the river Tiber, and converting the baths of Diodetian into the magnificent church of Sta. Maria degli Angeli. For allhis care and labor on St. Peters church Angelo would accept noremuneration. As a poet his sonnets are considered among thenoblest of that species of verse, and it is stated that he was familiarwith anatomy and the science of mechanics. As an artist it isprobable that he has never been surpassed. In February, 1563,at Rome, he was attacked by a slow fever and died in a few remains were interred at Florence. A- ? * f 328 PORTRAITS OF ALBERT BIERSTADT AND GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 9. Bierstadt. Gilbert Stuart. George Crviikshank. -^| ^^^^WS^^ W^- ^^w LTHOUGH America claims the popularartist, Albert Bierstadt, Germany hasthe honor of his birth, for he was wel-comed intothe world atDusseldorf in1829, abouttwo years bc-forehis familyTL-movid to Massachu-setts, Alberts youthand early manhood haviugbeen passed at New Bed-ford. At the age of abouttwenty-two years he beganto paint portraits in oilcolors. In 1853 he visitedEurope and studied art atDusseldorf and Rome, makingsketching tours into Germanyand Switzerland during
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