American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . y years he engraved for the AmericanTract Society small cuts, easily distinguished, to be found in their early publications. For manyyears also he was in the habit of engraving a larger and coarser class of work, chiefly illustra-tions of the life of the B. Virgin Mary, for Spanish printers in the West Indies, Mexico, andSouth America. Of these and of the Matteson series (neither worthy of his best powers) suffi-cient specimens are given in the Lossing Memorial. Some of his latest works, if not his last,were from drawings
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . y years he engraved for the AmericanTract Society small cuts, easily distinguished, to be found in their early publications. For manyyears also he was in the habit of engraving a larger and coarser class of work, chiefly illustra-tions of the life of the B. Virgin Mary, for Spanish printers in the West Indies, Mexico, andSouth America. Of these and of the Matteson series (neither worthy of his best powers) suffi-cient specimens are given in the Lossing Memorial. Some of his latest works, if not his last,were from drawings by H. L. Stephens, done for T. W. Strong. He was at work for his ownamusement, I believe, to within a few days of his death. He died on the 17th of January, 1870,in the ninety-fifth year of his age. Considering the vast amount of work accomplished by him, the many thousands of cuts heengraved, it is surprising how little can be met with even after a very careful and persistentsearch. Of the many cuts in Mr. Lossings earnestly admiring Memorial there are not five that. From Sketches of Rochester. 414 AMERICAN ART would establishAndersons preten-sion to be even agood engraver. Inthe collection pri-vately printed byMr. Moreau, 1872, one hundred andfifty engravingsexecuted after hisninetieth year, weof course do notlook for anythingof much impor-tance. The bestthere is a copyfrom a tail - piecefrom Bewick (notby Bewicks ownhand, but Clen-nells), which Ihave no hesitationin attributing tomuch earlier others alsoseem to me verydubiously are verysmall, many mereinch-square triflesdone for his ownpleasure, eviden-ces that he retainedhis artistic percep-tions, with some very notable amount of his old manual skill also, — proofs of the mans indomitable perseveranceand unfailing love for his occupation; but in themselves, as engravings, without thought of himand his age, not very remarkable. One little cut (here poorly reproduced) shows an exceptionalminuteness an
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