American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . The Milkmaid. Drawn by Garrett. This phase of his talent is shown also in some drawings pertaining to Mrs. ElizabethAkers Allens Rock me to Sleep, Mother. Few artists are as successful as Garrett indrawing both figures and landscapes, and because of this faculty he is able to give a round-ness and completeness to his work which we often vainly look for in the drawings of othermen. The dainty little designs, which he so happily devises for vignettes and tail-pieces, arealso admirable, and must be awarded their share of com
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . The Milkmaid. Drawn by Garrett. This phase of his talent is shown also in some drawings pertaining to Mrs. ElizabethAkers Allens Rock me to Sleep, Mother. Few artists are as successful as Garrett indrawing both figures and landscapes, and because of this faculty he is able to give a round-ness and completeness to his work which we often vainly look for in the drawings of othermen. The dainty little designs, which he so happily devises for vignettes and tail-pieces, arealso admirable, and must be awarded their share of commendation. His latest work comprises a series of excellent designs for Monte Cristo, — who that hasread it or seen it played will not re-echo Thackerays apostrophe when speaking of this novelin one of his Roundabout Papers, O Dumas! O thou brave, kind, gallant old Alexandre,. TREED BY LYNXES. DRAWN BY GARRETT. AMERICAN ART 267 I hereby offer thee homage, and give thee thanks for many pleasant hours, — and severalfor Dr. John Browns Rab and his Friends, the most perfect prose narrative since Lambs Rosamond Gray. The Rab drawings are among the best, if not the best things Garrettever did, and the finest is the one of Ailie standing before the doctor. With a wonderfulsympathetic closeness this American artist has embodied the gentle Doctors description of the
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