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He has a large number of the Illinois pictures made from 1858 to 1860, such as the Gilmer picture, which we use as a frontispiece in the present number, a large collection of Brady photographs, the masks, Volk's bust, and other interesting portraits. These he has studied from a sculptor's point of view, comparing them carefully with the portraiture of other men, as Webster and Emerson. Mr.
Especially brilliant are the works of Cecilia Beaux and M. Jean McLane, the first winning the Exposition's medal of honor, the latter rather theatrical in their gayety of color. Here also is a canvas by Violet Oakley, another honor medallist. Volk's three charming pictures deserve to be better hung.
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