American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 68
quence than their own interests; for one of them said tohim one day, after he had been with them for three years: Walter, you should look out forthe future, and learn some trade where your talents will have full scope. I have found youa chance to learn one of three, — a watch-case engraver, a wood… … From a Study by W. Shirlaw.Drawn by A. Kappes. 54 AMERICAN ART trade, because it appeared to him as nearer his object, and apprenticed himself for five yearsto an offshoot of the company of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson. Up to this time Shirlawhad followed his own inclinations without annoyance…
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