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Title: A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Dunlap, William, 1766-1839 Bayley, Frank W. (Frank William), 1863-1932 Goodspeed, Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950
Subjects: Artists Art
Publisher: Boston, C. E. Goodspeed & co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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rses to a gallant whosemistress was at the moment waiting for him by appointment.I saw this at my friend Doggetts frame store in Boston, andwhile I was admiring it, the authors uncle came in. I ex-pressed to him my pleasure, and was surprised at his coldness,not then knowing that the uncle and nephew had parted coolly.I afterwards saw in New York the Sleeping Girl under theinfluence of an old mans lecture, in the possession of PhilipHone, Esq., but I saw at the same time, a picture whichexcelled it, notwithstanding its splendid coloring; that wasLeslies Anne Page and Master Slender. In a letter to me from West Point dated January 28, 1834,Mr. Leslie thus speaks of his friend: You will no doubt liketo have some account of my friend Newton. I met him forthe first time in Paris in 1817. He was then on his way fromItaly to England, and we travelled together through Brusselsand Antwerp to London. Mr. Newton had gone from Americato Italy for the purpose of pursuing his studies there. But he
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GILBERT STUART NEWTON1795 - 1835 From an etching by S. J. Ferris, after an original pencil drawing BELONGING TO Mr. CHARLES HENRY HaRT NEWTONS SELF-CONFIDENCE 79 had the sagacity to discover soon after his arrival, that Italywith all its treasures of ancient art, is not at present the bestplace for a beginner. There is nothing more certain than thata young artist acquires his taste from the living artists thatare about him much more than from the works of those whoare gone. Mr. Newton painted a portrait or two in Italy, andsome of the leading painters asked him what colors he used,and seemed desirous of receiving information from him.*When he arrived in London the artists were surprised to seea young man beginning so well; but none of them asked himwhat colors he used, and he now found he was among menfrom whom he could learn the art. Mr. Newton is blessed with an exquisite eye for coloring.He had also a great advantage in being from his childhoodfamiliar with the works of his illustr

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