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Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)

Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 176

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treatment. Of the ladies who have found scope fortheir abilities in the field of illustration perhaps none have excelled Mrs.Mary Halleck Foote. We cannot always find her style of compositionagreeable, and in invention or lightness of fancy she seems deficient, whileher manner is strong rather than… … SO.ME ART CONNOISSEURS. [w. HAMILTON GIBSON.] er, and show knowledge and reserve force. Vg^sT * ^ ~ Some of her realistic landscapes are al- *%^ most as true and intense in black and white as the daring realisms of Courbet in color, but showing fine technical facility rather than imagina- 174 ART…

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