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Architect Richard Morris Hunt; in Manhattan. From a small sketch left by his father he completed the new wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Some of his work: Quintard and Hoffman Halls at the University of the South; "Idle Hour," country home of the late William Kissam Vanderbilt; "Castle Gould" on the estate of Howard Gould...
...year or two after the completion of his Socrates, public enthusiasm for Painter David's sketch for the picture of The Oath of the Tennis Court and his strong but not violent republicanism caused him to be elected to the September 1792 Convention. The next year, he voted for the death of Louis XVI. Later he became President of the Convention, found French inspiration for his pictures of historic catastrophes- Last Moments of Lepelletier de Saint-Farceau, Marat Assassinated. When Napoleon became Emperor. Painter David portrayed him seated on a fiery horse, pointing the road to Italy...
...secret of Miss Lillie's high comedy is that she appears to enjoy her clowning as much as the audience. Her funniest sketch in The Third Little Show is enacted in a Paris dive whither Miss Lillie, a visiting Englishwoman, and a spinsterish companion have repaired for a cup of tea. In spite of murder and rapine which takes place under her nose, Miss Lillie doggedly finishes her repast, incredibly chipper even when a corpse is draped over her shoulders. She also obliges with that old favorite: "There are Fairies at the Bottom of My Garden...
Your issue of April 20 gives a thumbnail sketch of the life of Nick Longworth and credits him with having attended Harvard and "conducting the college orchestra,'' but fails to mention the fact that he graduated from the College of Law, University of Cincinnati...
...children, which sold fifty years ago for a shilling, and are now almost priceless. These include "Mother Hubbard", "Beauty and the Beast", and "The Five Little Pigs", which subsequently ran into many editions under the name of Walter Crane's Picture Books. Along with these were many letters and sketch-books. Some time ago the collection was augmented with the receipt of Crane's famous "Illustrated Grimm's Fairy Tales", and Reynard the Fox. In these the colors are very gay, typical of his earlier works, owing to the primitive state of color-printing. Along with these were given numerous...