American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . F. O. C. DARLEY. Chapter ELIX OCTAVIUS CARR DARLEY, was born in Philadelphia, June 23, 1822,of English parents, — Eleonora Westray and John Darley, — who came to thiscountry at the close of the last century. His artistic tastes showed themselves inboyhood, but at the age of fourteen he was placed in a mercantile house, and neverreceived any regular education in art. He, however, spent his leisure hours in drawing,and some of his humorous sketches attracting attention, he was paid a handsome sumby the publi
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . F. O. C. DARLEY. Chapter ELIX OCTAVIUS CARR DARLEY, was born in Philadelphia, June 23, 1822,of English parents, — Eleonora Westray and John Darley, — who came to thiscountry at the close of the last century. His artistic tastes showed themselves inboyhood, but at the age of fourteen he was placed in a mercantile house, and neverreceived any regular education in art. He, however, spent his leisure hours in drawing,and some of his humorous sketches attracting attention, he was paid a handsome sumby the publisher of the Saturday Museum for a few designs. This encouragementdecided him to abandon a commercial life, and he thenceforth devoted his talents to several years he was employed by large Philadelphia publishers and produced, with other work,a series of drawings for the Library of Humorous American Works. In 1848, Darley removed toNew York, and executed a number of illustrations for the Sketch Book, and KnickerbockersHistory of New York, and others of Irvings writings. This year also saw the publ
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