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of which the subjoined is a literal translation. The verses were thrown off almost impromptu, with not the slightest attempt at poetical embellishment. (8 stanzas of 8 lines each)
XIV. --- THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS DOG. --- Original portrait. 

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Let not my justice, gallantry and wit 
A Lilly Martin Spencer here omit; 
The humor of the lower life she shows 
Wherein but few superiors she knows.
- Frankenstein. American Art: 
Its Awful Attitude. 

Angelique Martin Spencer, one of the lesser known of American artists of the latter half of the 19th century, was born in England of French parents in [[strikethrough]] 1824 [[/strikethrough]] 1822. Her father was [[strikethrough]] Paul [[/strikethrough]] Gilles Marie Martin and her mother’s maiden name was Le Petit. When she was in her [[strikethrough]] sixth [[/strikethrough]] 7th year 1830 they came to America and opened a school for the teaching of French. [[left margin]] le Petit [[/left margin]] 

At an early age the child showed a decided artistic talent which attracted the attention of some wealthy persons, among them the elder Nicholas Longworth, who, with others, offered to finance an art education for her. The family moved to a farm near Marietta, Ohio, where Lilly, as she preferred to call herself, covered the walls of her room and the basement with her drawings, which she hid behind temporary coverings; they were discovered by her brothers and Lilly had to call upon her parents to save her pictures from their depredations. 

About her 21st year she married Benjamin Rush Spencer of Virginia, and from this time many pictures and portraits were produced from her brush. She was a small woman, and to execute some of her larger pictures she was accustomed to stand on a table or perch herself on a step-ladder.✓ At the age of 12 she had painted a portrait of Col. Joseph Barker judge of the US Supreme Court an Ohio notable. In New York she painted portraits of Generals Grant✓, McClellan✓ and Sherman✓, Washington Irving✓, Stephen A. Douglas✓, Martin Van Buren✓, William Cullen Bryant✓, several Millers✓(of the family of Mrs. Jay Gould), Mrs. Hutchins✓ and Mrs. Fithian✓, daughters of Richard B. Connolly, of New York, Archbishop Bayley✓, Col. Robert G. Ingersoll✓, the famous agnostic, who was a lifelong friend, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison✓, Elizabeth Cady Stanton✓, and many other noted persons. 

The Spencers lived in Newark, N.J., from about 1858 to 1878, and during this time was produced probably the best known of all her works, a large picture entitled “Truth Unveiling Falsehood,” which was awarded a gold medal at the Philadelphia Centennial. It was exhibited also in France where an offer of a large sum for it was refused. It is said that John Wanamaker also offered $20,000 for it, but the artist declined to consider the offer. She illustrated many scenes from Shakespeare and made a number of humorous pictures. 

The Spencers had 13 children, seven of whom lived to maturity; Benjamin [[strikethrough]] Rush [[/strikethrough]] Martin, Angelo Paul, who was appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, went as a cadet with Commodore Matthew C. Perry on his mission to Japan, and was a veteran of the Civil and Spanish-American wars; Charles Francis, William Henry, [[strikethrough]] Peter [[/strikethrough]] Pierre Alexandre Gilles A.G., and two daughters, Flora Serena and “Lilly” Angelique Caroline. 

Mrs. Spencer live and worked at Rockhest, near Crum’s Elbow, on the west side of the Hudson, opposite Poughkeepsie, in an Alpine chalet with a rock garden noted in its day for its statues and strange plants. She died May 22, 1902, aged 79, in her New York studio, 902 Columbus Ave., and lies buried in the cemetery at Highland, N.Y. Her death was sudden. Her painting “Truth Unveiling Falsehood,” was in the studio at the time. 

It is said that all the children possessed some artistic skill, and that in their home at Newark each child was allowed to decorate his own room as he pleased, and Angelo did a very creditable job of ships, 

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