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Edwin R. Ide, Mrs. Kate T. Woods, John Robinson, Francis II. Log, 

 J. Linton Waters, Samuel A. Green of Boston, Robert S. Rantoul, 

 Charles A. Ropes, S. Endicott Peabody, Daniel C. Beckett, Estate of 

 Aaron Perkins, George A. Perkins, Charles H. Andrews, Abner C. 

 Goodell, Jr., Frank Cousins, Mrs. Rebecca D. Nesmith of Reading, 

 Samuel Worcester, Ellsworth Stewart of Michigan, Misses M. E. & 

 A. O. Williams, Edward S. Morse, Peabody Academy of Science, T. 

 F. Hunt, Henry M. Brooks, George Upton, Joseph Nichols, John Lar- 

 com of Beverly Farms, B. F. McDaniel, B. H. Fabens, Harriet M. 

 White of Wenham, John Battis, 2nd, Mrs. William Leavitt, James B. 

 Cm wen, R. L. Newcomb, Daniel C. Haskell, Charles R. Waters, Thomas 

 R. Fallon of No. Carolina. 



The ninth art exhibition opened on June 3 ; the pre- 

 ceding evening a reception was given to the contributors 

 and their immediate friends ; a lunch was served and the 

 visitors were entertained with orchestral music under the 

 direction of F. Clayton Record ; the exhibition closed on 

 June 19. It was confined to paintings in oil, water colors, 

 charcoal, etc., by the artists and amateurs of Salem and 

 its immediate vicinity. A large majority of the artists 

 were residents of this city, and Salem may take just pride 

 in the genuine artistic merit here displayed. The collec- 

 tion embraced two hundred and forty-six exhibits, and was 

 especially strong in figure pieces and portraits ; including 

 a very striking portrait of the daughter of Ralph Waldo 

 Emerson, by J. J. Redmond ; that of Salem's well-known 

 and oldest clergyman, Rev. E. B. Willson, by F. W. Ben- 

 son ; one of Clark Oliver, most life-like, by C. C. Red- 

 mond, and the ideal portraiture of "Kilmeny" by Miss H. 

 F. Osborne. A portion of the pictures were arranged for 

 a summer exhibition and remained in the hall through July 

 and August. The collection was larger and more varied 

 than usual. Among the more celebrated artists who con- 

 tributed this year may be mentioned Ross Turner, George 

 H. Clement, Philip Little, H. A. Hallett, F. W. Benson, 

 George YV. IIarve} r . The exhibition was considered by 

 competent judges to be of more than usual merit. 



