American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 370
ess; the hideous alligator,basking in the sun by the reedy shore; the scarcely less hideous Indian in his paint andfeathers; the countless birds with rich and brilliant plumage; flowers and foliage of rare andgorgeous beauty. One of the best things that our artist has ever done, is his drawing of… … Hendrick Hudson Ascending the River which bears his Name. of the setting sun. The imagination might easily see in those clouds the spirit of persecution,with threatening gestures, driving the fugitives on their stormy way; and faith could picture theangels of peace before them beckoning them on to…
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