Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . ^ Margaret E. White, p. 27.^ Ibid, p. 48. 91. DANIEL BOONE From the painting by CHESTER HARDING, lent by Mr. Herbert Lee Pratt, for the exhibition of Early American Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum. commissions to paint the Dukes of Sussex, Norfolk, Hamil-ton, and others of the nobility, of his entertainment in theirpalaces, and how his portraits were exhibited at SomersetHouse. Towards the close of 1826 he returned to Americaand after a short stay in Boston, finall}^ settled in Spring-field, Mass., where the tide of success held true until hisdeath in 1866. Harding
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . ^ Margaret E. White, p. 27.^ Ibid, p. 48. 91. DANIEL BOONE From the painting by CHESTER HARDING, lent by Mr. Herbert Lee Pratt, for the exhibition of Early American Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum. commissions to paint the Dukes of Sussex, Norfolk, Hamil-ton, and others of the nobility, of his entertainment in theirpalaces, and how his portraits were exhibited at SomersetHouse. Towards the close of 1826 he returned to Americaand after a short stay in Boston, finall}^ settled in Spring-field, Mass., where the tide of success held true until hisdeath in 1866. Harding painted Adams, Wirt, Calhoun, Webster,Clay, all the judges of the Supreme Court including JohnMarshall, in fact most of the great men of the day, andwas their friend as well. He regarded his portrait of AmosLawrence as his best. The last work of his hand was aportrait of Gen. W. T. Sherman which was finished shortlybefore his death. WTiile Harding may not be considered a great painter,truly his life is an inspiration. On reviewing the exhibition as a whole, it is to b
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