. Book of the Royal blue . ing exjioseil on oneoccasion to the tire of a French batteryand again menaced by the danger of law-less franctireurs or freebooters. Sedanand its battlefield, the ancient cities ofRethel and Rheims. and, after passing intoBelgium, the Forest of Ardennes and theold castle of Codfrey de Houillon, werevisited. Through Dinant and Namur theparty reached llrussels and thence, after astay in .twerp. renewing former pleasant magazines and in the pictures he has pro-duced. Of these the more important are:■■.\Iy Ladys Xisit, or Annapolis in IT-)!);The Founders of the Baltimore
. Book of the Royal blue . ing exjioseil on oneoccasion to the tire of a French batteryand again menaced by the danger of law-less franctireurs or freebooters. Sedanand its battlefield, the ancient cities ofRethel and Rheims. and, after passing intoBelgium, the Forest of Ardennes and theold castle of Codfrey de Houillon, werevisited. Through Dinant and Namur theparty reached llrussels and thence, after astay in .twerp. renewing former pleasant magazines and in the pictures he has pro-duced. Of these the more important are:■■.\Iy Ladys Xisit, or Annapolis in IT-)!);The Founders of the Baltimore and nhioRailroad, in the hall of the com-pany: The Planting of the Colony of Mary-lanil, recently purchased by the State; andnumerous smaller w^irks of great interestand technical excellence. .\ number ofthese jiaintings have been engraved. Atthe Centennial of ISTC), held in Ihiladelphia,Mr. Mayer was awarded the medal anddiploma for figure painting, in which he hasmade his greatest successes. Many of the. ■ IcilkinirHiisincss. famliJ hvF. H. Mjkt. III Dixie. impressions of the City of Rubens and \anDyke, the artist reached London. Since his return from Humpe Mr. Mayerhas resided chietly in .napidis, where oneof its old houses serves him as a workroom,and from its many windows commands onall sides the ever-varying views of cloud,city and water, an advantage and luxuryunattainatile in the midst of our commer-cial metropolis and dear to the artist as aconstant school of instruction. His aim has been the illustration ofMaryland life and history, and he has \isedbrush, i)encil and |)en in contributions to artists recent works are included in tiiecollection of the Crescent Club of F)alti-more, among them several figure studies ofuncommon grace, and the large paintings,St. Tammany, The Marching Forest,and Portrait of Capt. Cornwallys, thefirst two of which are extremely interestingsubjects drawn from Indian life, executedin strong color and very original in treat-me
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