Durand, John, 1822-1908 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 50
to dothat class of work. The plate was very large, and the givingof so important a commission to an engraver so young washazardous, to say the least ; but so was everything connectedwith the enterprise — especially the procuring of subscribers byColonel Trumbull himself among people who were not… … AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS. 27 to his early career, he spoke gratefully of the eminent painterwho thus started him in life. Besides employing him to engravethe Declaration of Independence, Colonel Trumbull paintedhis portrait, and their relations were intimate. I dwell on thiscircumstance…
Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886 · Art
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