American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 362
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 fugitiv^es on their stormy way; and faith could picture theangels of peace before them beckoning them on to…
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