French, Harry W. (Harry Willard), 1854- · Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C.T. Dillingham · leaf 155
After various positions aserrand-boy and clerk, he acted upon the advice of Edward Mooney, andbegan the study of art under J. R. Smith, as well as several otherbranches of study. Drawing upon stone secured him work that paid hisexpenses as he studied, including three years in the antique and… … VINCENT COLYER. the National Academy. His crayon-portraits brought him a hundred andfifty dollars each ; for the time, an exceedingly high figure. Before theRebellion he was among the first to speak through a famous canvas, Freedoms Martyr, representing the burial of Barber by John Brownand others…
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