Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 45
and there was no sustained patronage orart organization at home which could combine their efforts toward a prac-tical and common end. The first president of the new institution wasSamuel F. B. Morse. The National Academy of Design superseded a similar but less wiselyorganized society, which had led… … MUMBLE THE PEG. [HENRY INMAN.] ried out, by furnishing the most thorough opportunities for art-instructionthe country could afford. Although seemingly fortuitous, the establishment of the Academy ofDesign really marks the opening of a distinct era in the history of Ameri-can art; during which it…
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