From forecastle to Academy, sailor and artist; autobiography (1904)
Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911 · Buffalo, The Matthews-Northrup Works · leaf 321
pour a bucketful into the top, then get under and pull thestring. Beard used to watch the process, and, as I seemedto enjoy it, he thought he would try the same operation;so one cold morning he had me prepare the bath and hegot under. The water, being ice cold, took away hisbreath, but he told me… … WILLIAM H. BEARD, N. A.PAINTED IN 1852 MARRIAGE, BEREAVEMENT, GO ABROAD About this time there came a sort of revival of artinto our city. This was in great measure brought aboutby the arrival from Europe of Matthew Wilson, an Eng-lishman by birth, but closely connected by marriage withone of our…
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