DOI issue:
No. 109 (April, 1902)
DOI article:Reviews
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19875#0233
Reviews
in England. Gilbert Stuart
(1755-1828), John Trum
bull (1756-1843), John
Verderlyn (1776-1852),
Washington Allston (1779-
1843), Thomas Sully (1783-
1872), were also pioneers
of art in the United States,
some of whom produced a
large amount of work of
considerable merit.
To give an account of
these men and their suc-
cessors in the field of art is
the object of two daintily-
produced volumes by Mr.
Hartmann. Naturally, by-
far the largest and most
important section of this
history is devoted to living
painters and sculptors; for
within the last fifty years,
and especially within the
last twenty years, the pro-
gress made by Americans sfxond prize (comp. a xxi)
in all branches of the artistic
professions is phenomenally
great. Mr. Hartmann's
books abound in illustra-
tions, and deserve a liberal
patronage on both sides of
the Atlantic.
The Old Court Suburb.
By J. H. Leigh Hunt.
Edited by Austin Dobson.
2 vols. (London : Free-
mantle & Co.)—No more
delightful volumes relating
to London were ever pub-
lished than Leigh Hunt's
Memorials of Kensington.
First issued in 1855, the
changes which have since
taken place in that resi-
dential portion of the great
city are so great as to have
entirely altered its aspect.
Many of the important
houses of fifty years ago
have disappeared, and
the great features which
distinguish the " suburb "
to-day were non-existent
(Continued011 page 230) hon. mention (comp. a xxi) " myosotis palustris'
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in England. Gilbert Stuart
(1755-1828), John Trum
bull (1756-1843), John
Verderlyn (1776-1852),
Washington Allston (1779-
1843), Thomas Sully (1783-
1872), were also pioneers
of art in the United States,
some of whom produced a
large amount of work of
considerable merit.
To give an account of
these men and their suc-
cessors in the field of art is
the object of two daintily-
produced volumes by Mr.
Hartmann. Naturally, by-
far the largest and most
important section of this
history is devoted to living
painters and sculptors; for
within the last fifty years,
and especially within the
last twenty years, the pro-
gress made by Americans sfxond prize (comp. a xxi)
in all branches of the artistic
professions is phenomenally
great. Mr. Hartmann's
books abound in illustra-
tions, and deserve a liberal
patronage on both sides of
the Atlantic.
The Old Court Suburb.
By J. H. Leigh Hunt.
Edited by Austin Dobson.
2 vols. (London : Free-
mantle & Co.)—No more
delightful volumes relating
to London were ever pub-
lished than Leigh Hunt's
Memorials of Kensington.
First issued in 1855, the
changes which have since
taken place in that resi-
dential portion of the great
city are so great as to have
entirely altered its aspect.
Many of the important
houses of fifty years ago
have disappeared, and
the great features which
distinguish the " suburb "
to-day were non-existent
(Continued011 page 230) hon. mention (comp. a xxi) " myosotis palustris'
220