American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . THE PALMS OF BISKRA. FROM. A PAINTING BY ROBERT SWAIN G1FFORD. R. SWAIN GIFFORD, Chapter N the preceding chapter we have confined ourselves principally to speaking ofMr. Gifford as a landscape painter; we now present in full an article on thisjustly celebrated artist by Mi*. Sheldon which, while it is in some particu-lars a repetition of the former chapter, treats more particularly of his workaway from home, — work which is simply alluded to in Mr. Koehlers Mr. Robert Swain Gifford was ele
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . THE PALMS OF BISKRA. FROM. A PAINTING BY ROBERT SWAIN G1FFORD. R. SWAIN GIFFORD, Chapter N the preceding chapter we have confined ourselves principally to speaking ofMr. Gifford as a landscape painter; we now present in full an article on thisjustly celebrated artist by Mi*. Sheldon which, while it is in some particu-lars a repetition of the former chapter, treats more particularly of his workaway from home, — work which is simply alluded to in Mr. Koehlers Mr. Robert Swain Gifford was elected an Academician in 1878,the National Academy of Design distinguished itself. Some years ago theconferring of that honor would have given him distinction. The institution,however, gained by procrastination ; in finally electing Mr. Gifford it addedto its own laurels. The new member was born on the island of Naushon, inBuzzards Bay, near the coast of Massachusetts, on the 23d of December, 1840. He went toschool in New Bedford; and opposite that place, in the village of Fairhaven, he met the Dutchmarine painter, Albert Van Beest. It would be incorrect to say that his acqu
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