. American painters: with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood . work. When he went to his boarding-house, however, hesays, to perfect himself in the practice of swinging the brush, he secured anold duster, and went to work at a chair. His room-mate thought he wascrazy, but he persevered, and in a few hours made up his mind that he hadat least learned the rudiments of the trade. The next morning he went tothe shop, and astonished his boss by the speed with which he worked. Heremained in this shop several months, and earned a dollar and a half a day,which was good pay at that ti
. American painters: with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood . work. When he went to his boarding-house, however, hesays, to perfect himself in the practice of swinging the brush, he secured anold duster, and went to work at a chair. His room-mate thought he wascrazy, but he persevered, and in a few hours made up his mind that he hadat least learned the rudiments of the trade. The next morning he went tothe shop, and astonished his boss by the speed with which he worked. Heremained in this shop several months, and earned a dollar and a half a day,which was good pay at that time. He was very economical, and with his sav-ings bought a new set of artists materials, new clothing, and, what was hischief pride at the time, a new cloth cloak with a velvet collar. Throwing over his shoulders the new cloth coat with a velvet collar, he setout a second time for Pittsburg. Why should not Pittsburg serve him aswell, at least, as Cincinnati had done? On his first visit to each city thereception had been alike unpropitious. For some reason, however, Pittsburg. OS JAMES IT. BEARD. 115 again refused to respond. He left it for Louisville, Kentucky ; lie left Louis-ville for New Orleans ; lie left New Orleans for his old home in Cincinnati;and, after spending several years, and painting the portraits of General Har-rison, President Taylor, Henry Clay, and other notable citizens, he left Cincin-nati in 1846 for New York. He became one of the founders of the CenturyClub, and received from Mr. George W. Austin seven hundred and fifty dol-lars for his picture, The North Carolina Emigrants—at that time the largestsum of money ever paid for an American painting. There was something inCincinnati that secured his allegiance to that city. He returned there in afew years, bringing with him an honorary degree from the National Academyof Design. The Alexander Stock-Farm was painted in 1867; and first dog-picture—he has since produced many such pictures—soonafter
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