Art in America; a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 55
was a peculiarity of his intellectual growththat only by degrees did he arrive at the point of being able to seize asimple likeness. But it is not at all uncommon for genius to falter in itsfirst attempts; and Elliott was one of the few artists we have producedwho could be justly ranked among men… … THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS. [HENRY PETERS GREY.] was scarcely more vigorous than Elliott in the wondrous faculty of grasp-ing character. Herein lay this artists strength. He read the heart ofthe man he portrayed, and gave us not merely a faithful likeness of hisoutward features, but an epitome of his…
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