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3 in the face of the gentleman opposite- Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain) was the only other man I have ever met who came from Hannibal. In 1910 when I had a desire to go to Rome and settle for a time, being tired of the increasing struggle which New York presented, and working upon Committees for the betterment of everything which pertained to an American Artists life and Career, I was inspired to present some examples of my work to a few of the budding museums which were springing up over the country [[left margin]] Put-in later [[/left margin]] Thus I have to-day in the Museum of Indianapolis the full length portrait of Chase which I painted in '82. In the Toledo Museum of Art - "The Falconer" which was my first real [[?]] picture, and was painted in Paris in '77 and was in the American section of the Paris Exposition of 1878. This painting was