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fine and as susceptible of as brilliant an exterior as the famous Italian 

 statuary. The lode is situated at Pyramia Lake, and the discoverer is 

 Mr. Beapheal, of Wadsworth. 



Fifth — We would impress upon your minds, gentlemen, that in getting 

 up one of the fine mantelpieces referred to, we went to very great 

 expense, our aim being to exhibit something alike creditable to our 

 glorious State and the Pacific coast. It is too costly an ornament to 

 find a ready customer, as its price, fifteen hundred dollars, would be but 

 a fair remuneration for our skill and labor. 



All of which, gentlemen, we submit to your judgment and discretion. 



J. C. DEVICE & BEOTHEE. 



PAINTINGS. 

 Statement op D. H. Woods, of Sacramento. 



To the Gold Medal Committee: 



Gentlemen: In answer to your request that I shall file a written state- 

 ment of my claim to the gold medal for works of art, there is but little 

 I can say with propriety. I hope the committee will not place a collec- 

 tion of copies from chromos and engravings on a par with original 

 paintings. If they do, we may expect future exhibitions to be made up 

 of copies only, it being much easier to remain in the studio and copy 

 the productions of eminent artists, than to travel and make studies from 

 nature. 



Tours respectfully, D. H. WOODS. 



Sacramento, September 21st, 1871. 

 Mr. I. N. Hoag: 



Dear Sir: In answer to your inquiry as to which of my pictures are 

 original and which copies, I answer: That I have one cabinet portrait 

 of the father of Mr. D. H. Haskell, of this city, which I copied from an 

 ambrotype, the subject having died some years before. My portraits I 

 make as follows: I make a photograph, from which I make the draw- 

 ing, and then I do all the painting from life. The horses, Lodi and 

 Cheatham, were drawn and painted from life. My cow was also drawn 

 and painted from life. My landscapes I sketched from nature at the 

 places they represent. My fruit I selected at the orchard of Mr. C. C. 

 Eeed, of Washington, Yolo County, and made my drawing and painting 

 directly from the fruit. The sheep I have painted were first photo- 

 graphed by J. G. Brayton, Esquire, of Napa City. I will state that it 

 has become the universal custom of portrait painters to first secure a 

 photograph of their sitters. I know of no exceptions to this rule on 

 this coast. 



Yery respectfully yours, D. H. WOODS. 



P. S. In each case where -I have not used the word "photograph," 

 the picture was drawn and painted from nature. I enter one painted 

 photograph. I made the photograph myself. D. H. AY. 



