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Rham, Loudon, Low, and Youatt, and the most eminent American authors. Edited by D. P. Gardner, M.

Edwards Lester, Charles Edwards Lester (1815–1890) was an American writer, statesman and diplomat.

The book's full title was The Artists of America: A Series of Biographical Sketches of American Artists

intent was graphically reinforced on the title page, where the letters of 'America' in the book's title were

sketch of Washington Allston, Washington Allston (1779–1843), painter, poet and a leading figure in American

.; Charles Edwards Lester (1815–1890) was an American writer, statesman and diplomat.

The book's full title was The Artists of America: A Series of Biographical Sketches of American Artists

intent was graphically reinforced on the title page, where the letters of 'America' in the book's title were

Charles Burt (c.1823–1892).; Washington Allston (1779–1843), painter, poet and a leading figure in American

In this role West served as a prominent mentor and advisor to three generations of American artists studying

and distinguished career he completed several paintings of Venus, goddess of love, several of which were

It was common practice among both American and European artists to copy paintings by Old Masters while

artists in studying the techniques and color harmonies employed by these earlier artists, whose works were

See Carrie Rebora Barratt, "Mapping the Venues: New York City Art Exhibitions," Art and the Empire City

and distinguished career he completed several paintings of Venus, goddess of love, several of which were

It was common practice among both American and European artists to copy paintings by Old Masters while

artists in studying the techniques and color harmonies employed by these earlier artists, whose works were

See Carrie Rebora Barratt, "Mapping the Venues: New York City Art Exhibitions," Art and the Empire City

Scenes and Thoughts in Europe: by an American.

The author's remarks on the Water Cure, and his criticisms on the American sculptors in Rome, are ingrained

The author of Scenes and Thoughts in Europe: by an American was George Henry Calvert (1803–1889), editor

prominent focus of his travels and in both Florence and Rome he visits several of the European and American

We recommend every married man, domiciled with his helpmate in a boarding house,—(the Americans are a

.; The author of Scenes and Thoughts in Europe: by an American was George Henry Calvert (1803–1889),

prominent focus of his travels and in both Florence and Rome he visits several of the European and American

York Illustrated Magazine, edited by Lawrence Labree, included engravings after paintings by such American

In 1842, Great Britain and the United States were engaged in a series of land disputes over territory

The resulting standoff between American and British forces became known as the Aroostook War, despite

Magoc, Imperialism and Expansionism in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia

There speaks the soul of a man of sense, and an American true!

Tyler then speaks of the depreciation of American credit.

.; In 1842, Great Britain and the United States were engaged in a series of land disputes over territory

the boundary had been a matter of debate ever since the Treaty of Paris (1783) that concluded the American

The resulting standoff between American and British forces became known as the Aroostook War, despite

Magoc, Imperialism and Expansionism in American History: A Social, Political, and Cultural Encyclopedia

He also believed that such redistribution would bring financial stability to many states that were, at

If our city would send to the national legislature two mechanics, one merchant, and one man of moderate

Our city, in its political bearings and influence, has a great control over a large portion of the Union

"We've Been Here Before: William Henry Harrison Showed Rich Presidential Candidates How to Win," American

"We've Been Here Before: William Henry Harrison Showed Rich Presidential Candidates How to Win," American

See Howard Jones, To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty: A Study in Anglo-American Relations, 1783-1843 (Chapel

Were this country to throw her whole strength into a contest with Great Britain, she could humble that

See Howard Jones, To the Webster-Ashburton Treaty: A Study in Anglo-American Relations, 1783-1843 (Chapel

Episcopalian Grace Church was the first major commission of American architect James Renwick, Jr. (1818

crowd was fashionable, and in numbers sufficient to resemble a rout among the very choicest of the city

Is that to be compared for a moment with the tall-spired temples of our great cities, where "the pride

Pierson, Jr., American Buildings and Their Architects: Technology and the Picturesque: The Corporate

and the Early Gothic Styles (Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, 1980), 159–171. lift man into a complacent

.; Episcopalian Grace Church was the first major commission of American architect James Renwick, Jr.

Pierson, Jr., American Buildings and Their Architects: Technology and the Picturesque: The Corporate

and the Early Gothic Styles (Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, 1980), 159–171.; Whitman continues

It was stated that in London, Bristol, and other large British cities where an artificial supply of water

had been introduced, meters of different kinds were in use.

Morgan, City Surveyor, Mr. Padean, of the Collector's office, Mr. Mackay, of Brooklyn, Mr.

Burr, the deputy City Clerk, and Mr. Rend, and has just been patented in their name.

introduction of a water supply, and when it is in contemplation to establish new Gas works in the city

The three to which we allude were on exhibition last spring at the Louvre in Paris, where they attracted

landscape painter who is best known for his poetic evocations of American scenery.

Were there no other picture in the room this must prove attractive to people of taste.

He sprang from the bed, and succeeded in smothering the flames which were prevented from spreading by

Some arguments were heard yesterday; but the business has scarcely commenced. CHARTER CONVENTION.

achieved international fame with his full-length marble sculpture of the Greek Slave which toured American

cities to great acclaim beginning in 1847; Régis François Gignoux (1814-1882) was a French-born landscape

1791-1856), who lived for periods in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, was a largely self-trained American

landscape painter who is best known for his poetic evocations of American scenery.

returned from the coast, and reported that the Liberia colonists had declared their independence and were

Thomas Doughty (1791-1856) was a largely self-trained American landscape painter who lived for periods

in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York and is best known for his poetic evocations of American scenery

Gray, of this city, Lowell Mason, of Boston, Prof.

The following officers were then unanimously elected for the ensuing year: Captain —WILLIAM H.

.; Thomas Doughty (1791-1856) was a largely self-trained American landscape painter who lived for periods

in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York and is best known for his poetic evocations of American scenery

We have noticed in several of the public schools of this city, that drawing is among the studies pursued

Many drawing books of the period were part of a larger democratic effort to cultivate the taste of the

Marzio, The Art Crusade: An Analysis of American Drawing Manuals, 1820–1860 (Washington: Smithsonian

.; Many drawing books of the period were part of a larger democratic effort to cultivate the taste of

Marzio, The Art Crusade: An Analysis of American Drawing Manuals, 1820–1860 (Washington: Smithsonian

His drawing cards were part of a national effort to teach drawing as a skill in the schools while also

'The American citizen; his true position, character, and duties' : by Theodore Sedgwick.

The Young American's magazine , (George W.

His drawing cards were part of a national effort to teach drawing as a skill in the schools while also

The AMERICAN REVIEW, a Whig journal of Politics, Literature, and Science. August, 1846. G. H.

Whoever is the writer though, it is disgraceful to him as a man and an American that he should lead and

The American is intended, we believe, as an offset to the Democratic Review.

—We learn from its beginning, the somewhat singular fact, that never, in the history of England, were

, its statistics, population, commerce, &c.

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-

I loved well those cities; I loved well the stately and rapid river; The men and women I saw were all

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?

The city nested in bays! my city! The city of such women, I am mad to be with them!

And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?

A WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking, if sex were lacking,

WE TWO—HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D. WE two—how long we were fool'd!

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-

for city, and land for land.

City of Orgies. CITY of orgies, walks and joys!

Only I will establish in the Mannahatta, and in every city of These States, inland and seaboard, And

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

, if I could be with you, and become your comrade; Be it as if I were with you.

MY MORNING'S ROMANZA. 1 Now list to my morning's romanza—I tell the signs of the Answerer; To the cities

, The best farms—others toiling and planting, and he unavoidably reaps, The noblest and costliest cities—others

things in their attitudes; He puts to-day out of himself, with plasticity and love; He places his own city

the scaffold;) —I would sing in my copious song your census returns of The States, The tables of population

, And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city

noises of the night-owl and the wild cat, and the whirr of the rattlesnake; The mocking-bird, the American

Think of the time when you were not yet born; Think of times you stood at the side of the dying; Think

CITY OF SHIPS. CITY of ships! (O the black ships! O the fierce ships!

City of the world!

City of wharves and stores! city of tall façades of mar- ble marble and iron!

Proud and passionate city! mettlesome, mad, extrava- gant extravagant city! Spring up, O city!

(Washington City, 1865.)

back-top ; The faces of hunters and fishers, bulged at the brows —the shaved blanch'd faces of orthodox citi

I saw the rich ladies in full dress at the soiree, I heard what the singers were singing so long.

, The superior marine, free commerce, fisheries, whaling, gold-digging, Wharf-hemm'd cities, railroad

to American persons, pro- gresses progresses , cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas?

I will make cities and civilizations defer to me!

while weapons were everywhere aim'd at your breast, I saw you serenely give birth to immortal children

let those that were prisoners take the keys! (Say! why might they not just as well be transposed?)

O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing; I know that

Do their lives, cities, arts, rest only with us? Did they achieve nothing for good, for themselves?

I WAS asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon, lo!

The beautiful city, the city of hurried and sparkling waters! the city of spires and masts!

The city nested in bays! my city! The city of such women, I am mad to be with them!

sea-bird, and look down as from a height; I do not deny the precious results of peace—I see pop- ulous populous

cities, with wealth incalculable; I see numberless farms—I see the farmers working in their fields or

spacious and haughty States, (nor any five, nor ten;) Nor market nor depot are we, nor money-bank in the city

…of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill'd with the

They were purified by death—they were taught and exalted.

TO The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, Resist much, obey little; Once unquestioning

obedience, once fully enslaved; Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, ever afterward

kings removed; I see this day the People beginning their landmarks, (all others give way;) —Never were

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer; When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;

OF what I write from myself—As if that were not the resumé; Of Histories—As if such, however complete

, were not less complete than the preceding poems; As if those shreds, the records of nations, could

possibly be as lasting as the preceding poems; As if here were not the amount of all nations, and of

where I was born, Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother; After roaming many lands—lover of populous

pave- ments pavements ; Dweller in Mannahatta, my city—or on southern sa- vannas savannas ; Or a soldier

in my poems, that with you is heroism, upon land and sea; And I will report all heroism from an American

ideal of manly love, indicating it in me; I will therefore let flame from me the burning fires that were

the Kansas, count- less countless herds of buffalo, feeding on short curly grass; See, in my poems, cities

shall listen to all sides, and filter them from your- self yourself . 3 I have heard what the talkers were

Trippers and askers surround me; People I meet—the effect upon me of my early life, or the ward and city

All I mark as my own, you shall offset it with your own; Else it were time lost listening to me.

; The blocks and fallen architecture more than all the living cities of the globe.)

Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?

FROM pent-up, aching rivers; From that of myself, without which I were nothing; From what I am determin'd

, entirely redeem'd her, the faithful one, even the prostitute, who detain'd me when I went to the city

And if the body were not the Soul, what is the Soul?

and pause, listen, and count. 3 I knew a man, a common farmer—the father of five sons; And in them were

the fathers of sons—and in them were the fathers of sons.

and visit him to see—he was wise also; He was six feet tall, he was over eighty years old—his sons were

I am drawn by its breath as if I were no more than a helpless vapor—all falls aside but myself and it

A WOMAN waits for me—she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking, if sex were lacking,

or if the mois- ture moisture of the right man were lacking.

We Two—how Long We Were Fool'd. WE TWO—HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D. WE two—how long we were fool'd!

Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City. ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architec-

ture architecture , customs, and traditions; Yet now, of all that city, I remember only a woman I casually

met there, who detained me for love of me; Day by day and night by night we were together,—All else

TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning

obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after

We dwell a while in every city and town, We pass through Kanada Canada , the North-east, the vast valley

And if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?

A WOMAN waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking, Yet all were lacking if sex were lacking,

WE TWO, HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D.

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture

for city and land for land.

CITY OF ORGIES.

CITY of orgies, walks and joys, City whom that I have lived and sung in your midst will one day make

Or the vaunted glory and growth of the great city spread around me?

if I could be with you and become your comrade; Be it as if I were with you.

the scaffold;) I would sing in my copious song your census returns of the States, The tables of population

that the old accounts, bibles, genealogies, are true, without exception, I assert that all past days were

what they must have been, And that they could no-how have been better than they were, And that to-day

barefoot, Down from the shower'd halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they were

what joys were thine! ABOARD AT A SHIP'S HELM.

They live in brothers again ready to defy you, They were purified by death, they were taught and exalted

The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped, Wonders as of those countries, the soil, trees, cities

WHEN I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,

of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the

OF Equality—as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself—as if it were not

CITY OF SHIPS. CITY of ships! (O the black ships! O the fierce ships!

City of the world!

City of wharves and stores—city of tall façades of marble and iron!

Proud and passionate city—mettlesome, mad, extravagant city!

(Washington City, 1865.)

wast not granted to sing thou would'st surely die.) 5 Over the breast of the spring, the land, amid cities

day and night with the great cloud darkening the land, With the pomp of the inloop'd flags with the cities

not what kept me from sleep,) As the night advanced, and I saw on the rim of the west how full you were

and there, With ranging hills on the banks, with many a line against the sky, and shadows, And the city

men, I saw them, I saw the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, But I saw they were

And the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls, and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city

THE CITY DEAD-HOUSE.

O I know that those men and women were not for nothing, any more than we are for nothing, I know that

Do their lives, cities, arts, rest only with us? Did they achieve nothing for good for themselves?

A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and

touching, including God, including Saviour and Satan, Ethereal, pervading all, (for without me what were

what were God?)

burial-places to find him, And I found that every place was a burial-place; The houses full of life were

streets, the shipping, the places of amusement, the Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, the Mannahatta, were

now I am willing to disregard burial-places and dispense with them, And if the memorials of the dead were

I saw the rich ladies in full dress at the soiree, I heard what the singers were singing so long, Heard

I WAS asking for something specific and perfect for my city, Whereupon lo!

people—manners free and superb—open voices— hospitality—the most courageous and friendly young men, City

city of spires and masts! City nested in bays! my city! ALL IS TRUTH.

But I too announce solid things, Science, ships, politics, cities, factories, are not nothing, Like a

what life, what joy and pride, With all the perils were yours.)

How the great cities appear—how the Democratic masses, turbu- lent turbulent , wilful, as I love them

sloping down there where the fresh free giver the mother, the Mississippi flows, Of mighty inland cities

respond within their breasts, their brains, the sad reverberations,) The passionate toll and clang—city

to city, joining, sounding, passing, Those heart-beats of a Nation in the night.

TO the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist much, obey little, Once unquestioning

obedience, once fully enslaved, Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever after

We dwell a while in every city and town, We pass through Kanada Canada , the North-east, the vast valley

where I was born, Well-begotten, and rais'd by a perfect mother, After roaming many lands, lover of populous

pavements, Dweller in Mannahatta my city, or on southern savannas, Or a soldier camp'd or carrying my

poems that with you is hero- ism heroism upon land and sea, And I will report all heroism from an American

love, indi- cating indicating it in me, I will therefore let flame from me the burning fires that were

, the electric telegraph stretching across the continent, See, through Atlantica's depths pulses American

me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self. 3 I have heard what the talkers were

Trippers and askers surround me, People I meet, the effect upon me of my early life or the ward and city

All I mark as my own you shall offset it with your own, Else it were time lost listening to me.

, The blocks and fallen architecture more than all the living cities of the globe.

Were mankind murderous or jealous upon you, my brother, my sister?