Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 · [New York] Printed at the De Vinne press for Doubleday and McClure company · leaf 159
nd his failure to reach the goal of his ambi-tion— the presidential chair — was a fatal blow. Clay was undoubtedly one of the greatest orators this coun-try has produced, and a man with much natural ability, butlittle study and cultivation. His name is one to conjure within old Kentucky, and it is… … NE artist, and he easily the first of Americanpainters, did not deny to Browere and hisworks the merit that was their due. On thecontrary, he saw the fidelity and great value ofthese life masks, and gave practical encourage-ment to the maker of them by submitting to his process andby giving a…
Browere, John Henri Isaac, 1792-1834 · Masks (Sculpture) · Sculpture, American
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