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40      LIVING AMERICAN ARTISTS.

LIVING AMERICAN ARTISTS.

[[note]] D .O'C Townley 1871 [[/note]]

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ASHER BROWN DURAND.

ASHER BROWN DURAND, EX-PRESIDENT N. A. D.

On one of the southward-looking slopes of "The great mountain Watchung," a mile or so beyond the most southern of the villages of Orange, stands one of those picturesque cottages of modern build for which these garden hills of New Jersey are becoming famous. To this one, indeed, we might lend a higher sounding name than cottage, for it is wide and lofty, is many-windowed, has a broad piazza and projected eaves, reminding us a good deal of those graceful chalets which Calmelet paints so well. In its gables are two great windows, just below the eaves, which mar the symmetry of the building somewhat, 

[[note]] 50 cts [[/note]]

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Image is a drawn portrait of Asher Brown Durand D. O'C. Townley, for some time past business manager of the Grand Opera-house.