Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 32
ertain favorite ideal head of a maiden which he repro-duced in various compositions. One often recognizes it in his works. Hisportraits are also pleasing; but in the treatment of a masculine likenessthe feebleness of his style and its lack of originality or strength are too of-ten apparent. 5olm… … FANNY KEMBLE. [THOMAS SULLY.] will be longest and best remembered by his vivid and characteristic paint-ing of Patrick Lyon, the blacksmith, at his forge. This picture now hangsin the elegant gallery of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, whereseveral of the masterpieces of our early painters…
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