. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. s the picturesque costume of theearly fifties. The head is solidly painted, is full ofa vigorous sense of personality, and is wholesome and rich in colour. The date of the canvas is iS; portrait of Colonel McKenney is even moreattractive, if possible, in it- frank, positive delin
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. s the picturesque costume of theearly fifties. The head is solidly painted, is full ofa vigorous sense of personality, and is wholesome and rich in colour. The date of the canvas is iS; portrait of Colonel McKenney is even moreattractive, if possible, in it- frank, positive delinea-tion of character. The complexion is of that ruddyhue. which most appealed to him; and the hair,profuse and beautifully white, is quite a master-e m texture. McKenney was a picturesque figure in Washington, remembered even yet, byler residents of the District, though he died in 1859, as ? familiar boulc:\irdicr to be seen at the Fashionable hour, wrapped in his greyshawl, in which Elliott has painted him, pacingthe most frequented thoroughfares. It was thusthai Elli >tt learned to know him, and feeling ansistible impulse to put so winning a personalityupon canvas, finally addressed him, introducing himself, and frankly asking him to pose. McKen-ney was delighted, and Mr. McGuire bought thepicture. if / ubhshmg I ?i >RTRAfT OF J VMES C. M. GUIREBy Charles Loring Elliott BatlS Portrait patutcrs 117 McKenney was an Indian agent, In [824 he wased m charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,and in [826 was given a special commission withLewis Cass to negotiate an important treaty withthe Chippewa [ndians at Fond du Lite, in the Terrib Michigan. Elliott wa. at In-, hot in heads. When he attempted whole lengths, the result was much lessfortunate. He had little idea of composition or ofconcentration, and in these larger portraits hea the unimportant details as much, it not morethan the face. The full-length portraitof W. \V Corcoran, painted from life in 1867, onehe fore the pain
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