. The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages . xhibition of his works in his native city of New York. Among his bestpictures are The Dream of Mercy, The Communion of the Sick, Shepherd Boy of theCompagna, Ichabod Crane and Katrina J Ton Trcssel, and Solving the Word. One of Huntingtons later pictures, which chanced to be finished at the date ofthe outbreak of the Southern rebellion, was a pleasant commemoration of an oldrepublican gala—A Reception given by Mrs. Washington during her Husbands Presi-dency. Sixty figures were introduced into the eight feet of canvas. There
. The table book of art; a history of art in all countries and ages . xhibition of his works in his native city of New York. Among his bestpictures are The Dream of Mercy, The Communion of the Sick, Shepherd Boy of theCompagna, Ichabod Crane and Katrina J Ton Trcssel, and Solving the Word. One of Huntingtons later pictures, which chanced to be finished at the date ofthe outbreak of the Southern rebellion, was a pleasant commemoration of an oldrepublican gala—A Reception given by Mrs. Washington during her Husbands Presi-dency. Sixty figures were introduced into the eight feet of canvas. There weregrouped the patriotic, intrepid men, and the high-spirited, tender-hearted woman, whosaw and lived through the struggle for independence. Old portraits, miniatures, andfamily descendants, who were supposed to retain family features with family names werefaithfully sought out, to give the personages in the picture truth and living character. Huntingtons portraits include those of the late President Lincoln, Agassis, Bryant,Earl of Carlisle and Sir C. p__ CHURCH. 207 William Page was born in i8u,at Albany. When eleven years of age hegained a premium from the American Institute for an India-ink drawing, but at alater stage of his youth he proposed to renounce art for theology, and went toAndover to study divinity. He soon resumed his artist life, while retaining his strongreligious convictions. He soon found sitters as a portrait painter, and proposed tovisit Europe in the prosecution of his art, but an early attachment, and a marriagebefore he was twenty-one, established him in New York. In spite of the want of aEuropean training, so much coveted and so frequently secured by American painters,Page prospered and attracted notice—above all, by his successful colouring. Hismarriage proved unhappy. He was divorced from his wife, married again, removedto Boston, and soon proceeded to Europe, remaining abroad many years, and residingprincipally in Rome, where he had
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