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OTHER WORD WHICH INCLUDES SO ENTIRELY, TO THE ANGLO-SAXON EAR, ALL THOSE FEELINGS, SENTIMENTS, AND IDEAS WHICH HAVE THEIR ORIGIN AND GROWTH UNDER THE FAMILY ROOF AND IN SOCIAL TRAINING. ITS MOTIVES ARE HEALTHFUL, AIMS EXCELLENT, SPIRIT PATRIOTIC; BUT AS YET THE FLESH IS WEAK TO EXECUTE EASTMAN JOHNSON....WORTHILY REPRESENT[S] THIS BRANCH. JOHNSON WOULD BE A GREATER MAN, IF HE COULD BE TAKEN FROM NEW YORK, AND PLACED WHERE HE WOULD BE STIMULATED BY THE COMPETITION AND EXAMPLE OF GREATER ABILITIES."

SHELDON, WRITING FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, ADDS NOTHING [[strikethrough]] EXCEPTIONAL [[/strikethrough]]
TO JARVES' [[strikethrough]] COMPARITIVELY [[/strikethrough]] EARLY RECOGNITION OF A PAINTER WHOM
PRESENT-DAY CRITICAL INVESTIGATION HAS RESCUED FROM NEGLECT.

IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE HOW THE NEGRO RECURS AS A SUBJECT OF
OUR ARTISTS. JUST AS STEPHEN FOSTER [[strikethrough]] WROTE OF [[/strikethrough]] USED NEGRO LIFE
[[strikethrough]] AS MATERIAL [[/strikethrough]] FOR HIS FOLK SONGS, SO OUR ARTISTS WERE PREOCCUPIED

OLD KENTUCKY HOME 1859:
WITH SCENES LIKE OLD KENTUCKY HOME. LATER IN MAPLE SUGAR CAMPFIRE †