Book of the artists American artist life, comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists: preceded by an historical account of the rise and progress of art in America . M AL BO N HERE is an elevated slope on the Rhode Island coast nearthe outlet of Narragansett Bay, the highest point of whichwas the abode of Miantonomi, where his son long ruled assachem of his tribe ; along the adjacent declivity is thefarm and homestead of a late well-known hospitable NewYork lawyer ; the house is built of brown-stone, and that ofits lower walls was brought, long before the Revolution,
Book of the artists American artist life, comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists: preceded by an historical account of the rise and progress of art in America . M AL BO N HERE is an elevated slope on the Rhode Island coast nearthe outlet of Narragansett Bay, the highest point of whichwas the abode of Miantonomi, where his son long ruled assachem of his tribe ; along the adjacent declivity is thefarm and homestead of a late well-known hospitable NewYork lawyer ; the house is built of brown-stone, and that ofits lower walls was brought, long before the Revolution, from Bristol, Eng-land, as material for the fine dwelling (long ago destroyed by fire) of God-frey Malbone, who was renowned in his day for elegant hospitalit}-, priva-teering, and large wealth. A few old box and gedar trees, a fish pond,a subterranean passage to the water, and some other traces of his resi-dence still remain ; and many current anecdotes attest his generous, enter-prising, and reckless spirit. After the era of colonial prosperity the for-tunes of the family decHned, but its name was honorably perpetuated, andis still cherished, through the endeared memory of a descendant in the
Size: 1590px × 1572px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade18, booksubjectart, booksubjectartists
