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1867), Biblical subjects, Frank Forester's sporting own style is reflected in that of E. J. Whitney and

books, and his own Sketches Abroad with Pen and other illustrators of his day.

Pencil (1869). He drew for weeklies and month- Darley was at his best in American subjects,

lies, such as "Every Saturday," "Appleton's His art was indigenous to the soil and most at

Journal," "The IIIus- home when standing

, „. . . a title design in pencil for wood engraving r i t.t

trated Christian (irmly on it. I hat is

Weekly," "Hearth apparent when he is

and Home," "Child's dealing with distinctly

Paper," "Harper's." American scenes, as in

He did titles for peri- > V \ . '\ ^ the works of Cooper or

odicals, "The Lan- > fi J|k of Haliburton of "Sam

tern," the "American ft '■ \ fca (J Jj r Slick" fame. Yet he

Art Journal," the "II- \^ j \_\;- 4., >L made most satisfac-

Iustrated Family j fi^ ' ' tor-^ Sickens illustra-

Christian Almanac" ■—''''■£.' • - / tions, in which Fagin

(1851). He drew large I^^HR* anc' Oliver Twist, for

compositions repro- \ instance, are convinc-

ing for framing prints, ^'^KaHj^B^C^i'. \ praised Cruikshank

and numerous small :%* '^^^^^^^rjm^ll-, conceptions are not.
vignettes, the latter ■^B^H^^^^^^^^^^^'T^) can attitude and ex-
graved here for the , " "-) merous city and coun-
Japanese government. ' fij^E- "jff^jj^',''''>>*i^\ ^ try xyPes '• Yankee

he imbibed a little of Fourth of July orator,

the spirit of Sir John the quack doctor, po-

Gilbert, but it is not Iiccmen, Negroes,

very apparent. His trappers. It also pro-

Jour forty-eight

march 1925