low, she said, fighting in the Union Army. I finallypersuaded her to sit to me and made a drawing of her head andalso had her photograph taken. Having been elected associateof the National Academy, according to custom I had to send ina painting to add to the permanent collection, so I sent in… … From a Copley Print, copyright, 1Q01\ by Curtis &f Cameron mood found its resting-place in the picture of The CumeanSibyl. Thus this fly — or rather this bee from my bonnet —was finally preserved in amber-varnish, and thus Jane Jacksonbecame the Cumean Sibyl. The story of the Sibyl is well…
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Painters
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