. A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States. flikeness even from the commencement gained him applauseand encouraged his efforts. Mr. Neagle has said, that in afteryears, however much he may have otherwise improved, hecould not have improved the likeness in his first subjects. I will copy from a letter before me Mr. Neagles accountof his first interview with Mr. Sully: Mr. Sully then livedwhere the Athenaeum now is, in Fifth Street, and he had on hiseasel a study for the pro-scenium, or part over the stage, forthe Chestnut Street Theatre. I was at that time a
. A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States. flikeness even from the commencement gained him applauseand encouraged his efforts. Mr. Neagle has said, that in afteryears, however much he may have otherwise improved, hecould not have improved the likeness in his first subjects. I will copy from a letter before me Mr. Neagles accountof his first interview with Mr. Sully: Mr. Sully then livedwhere the Athenaeum now is, in Fifth Street, and he had on hiseasel a study for the pro-scenium, or part over the stage, forthe Chestnut Street Theatre. I was at that time an apprentice,and went with Mr. Otis to Mr. Sullys painting room, wherehe left me alone with him. The very polite but formal mannerin which he received me I shall never forget, particularlywhen he assured me, that the arts did not point the wayto fortune, and that had he been a merchant, with the sameperseverance which had characterized his efforts in art, hemight have realized a fortune. I have shown the vicissitudeswhich attended Sullys professional career, and probably this. JOHN NEAGLE1796-1865 From a photograph € A JOURNEY WITHOUT SUCCESS 167 conversation occurred at a time when fortune frowned and thepublic forgot him. Neagle continues: On my departure heinvited me to visit his exhibition room, whenever I felt a desire— which I often did — but never paid him a personal visit until1822, after he had called upon me to congratulate me, as hesaid on my great success in the exhibition, presenting me atthe same time with a card of invitation in his own handwriting,to Earl and Sullys gallery. It was some years before Neaglebecame intimate in Sullys family; but the intimacy, when ittook place, led to the marriage with one of the paintersdaughters. It was in 1818, and before he began to practise his profes-sion in Philadelphia, thinking he might better compete withpainters beyond the mountains, he travelled to Lexington,Kentucky, with a view to establish himself in that growi
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