. Book of the Royal blue . aits are those of Cecilius Calvert,presented by J. H. Rieman, Esq. to the Cin-cinnati Museum; Mayor Latrobe, in the CityHall of Baltimore: and Dr. James Hall,Governor of Liberia, which was sent toAfrica. Mr. Mayer painted the Coat-of-Arms of Maryland which hangs in the hallof the Commercial and Flour Exchange ofBaltimore, and also made the designs forthe proposed further decoration of the of his most popular paintings isSeventy-Six, or The Continentals, which is known the length and breadth of thecountry. It has been reproduced in manyforms and is considered
. Book of the Royal blue . aits are those of Cecilius Calvert,presented by J. H. Rieman, Esq. to the Cin-cinnati Museum; Mayor Latrobe, in the CityHall of Baltimore: and Dr. James Hall,Governor of Liberia, which was sent toAfrica. Mr. Mayer painted the Coat-of-Arms of Maryland which hangs in the hallof the Commercial and Flour Exchange ofBaltimore, and also made the designs forthe proposed further decoration of the of his most popular paintings isSeventy-Six, or The Continentals, which is known the length and breadth of thecountry. It has been reproduced in manyforms and is considered one of the repre-sentative pictures of the period of which ittreats. The Burning of the Peggy Stuart, amemorable event in the Colonial history ofAnnapolis, is the subject of the artistslatest important work. It was acquired bythe State very soon after its completion,and now hangs in the House of Delegatesas a companion to the large canvas, ThePlanting of the Colony of Maryland. Painted byF. B. Mayer. By Courtesyof Dixie,^. ■The Planting of the Colony of Maryland. Editors Note;—In 1891 Mr. Mayer finished one of his most famous historical paintings, entitled : The Founders of The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which is the frontispiece of this article. The paintingnow adorns the walls of the Directors Room of this Company in Baltimore. In it are the portraits of twenty-nine of Marylands renowned sons; each figure being an exact copy of the best portrait of the subject repre-sented, in existence at the time the work was executed. These great men are gathered together in anallegorical picture, attired in the fashions of their day. This painting is remarkable, not only for its artisticmerit, but for the national prominence of the men who appear in the group. FROM STAGE-COACH TO RAILROAD. BY S. T() meet the objections of the inconven-ience of travel to the antient andchief seat of frovernment, the alarmedcitizens of St. Marys City, in 1<)91, whenthey learned, with
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