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TALLEYRAND PORTRAIT. 

 See page 232. 



York in 1689, ami is said to have been painted in 1592, the centennial of the dis 

 covery, by some Spanish artist. It bears the inscription &quot; Ano 1592, ./E. 23/ 7 which 

 is supposed to mean that the artist represents Columbus at the age of 23. 



The inscription on the frame reads : &quot; Columbus. The gift of Maria Farmer to the 

 senate of New York, 1784.&quot; The entry in the Sen ate journal for that year (p. 57) reads: 



&quot; A letter from Mrs. Maria Farmer, directed 

 to his honor the president, offering to the ac 

 ceptance of the senate an ancient portrait of the 

 celebrated discoverer of America, Christopher 

 Columbus, taken from an original painting, 

 anno 1592, and which has been in her family for 

 upward of one hundred and fifty years, was read. 



&quot;Resolved, That this senate do accept with 

 grateful acknowledgments the ancient and 

 valuable portrait offered by Mrs. Maria Farmer. 



&quot;Ordered, That the acceptance thereof be 

 signified by the president in a letter to that 

 lady with the thanks of the Senate.&quot; 



When the capitol was removed from New- 

 York in 1797 this picture was left behind, and 

 remained in New York until 1827. In that year 

 the clerk of the senate was directed to remove 

 the portrait from New York and place it in the 

 senate chamber. After considerable search it 

 was found in the garret of the city hall and 



taken to Albany. In 1850 it was found to be somewhat damaged by heat, as it had 

 been placed over the fireplace, and was sent to New York for restoration and refraining. 



No. 23. THE FOCILLON ETCHING (page 225). 



An etching has been made by F. Focillon, of Paris, after the painting in possession of 

 Dr. di Orchi, of Como, and the portrait that hangs in the Naval Museum, Madrid. It is 

 owned and exhibited by W. H. Lowdermilk and V. G. Fischer, of Washington, U. S. A. 



No. 24. THE LEFORT ETCHING (page 225). 



This is an artist s proof of an etching by M. Henri Lefort, from the portrait in the 

 Marine Museum, Madrid. M. Henri Lefort, the author 

 of this copy, was born in Paris, 1852. He was a pupil 

 of Flameng and Courtry, and is now president of the 

 French Society of Etchers, 



No. 25. THE ZEARING BAS-RELIEF (page 225). 



The Zearing portrait is purely fanciful, and was made 

 by H. H. Zearing, of Chicago, in 1890, after a close study 

 of other portraits. The original is a bronze cast in low 

 relief. 



No. 26. PORTRAIT OF COLUMBUS. AUTHOR UNKNOWN. 



A dignified but rather youthful representation of 

 Columbus appears in several of his biographies and 

 numerous works of biography and history; but there 

 is no knowledge of its origin or authorship, and it is 

 probably the work of some engraver. 



No. 27. THE HULL PORTRAIT (page 226). 



Miss Esther Hull, of Danbury, Conn., has a portrait of Columbus which is of evi 

 dent antiquity, but there is no knowledge of its age or origin. It represents Colum 

 bus of middle age, with a dove resting upon his shoulder, and there is a companion 



BRADLEY PORTRAIT. 

 See page 231. 



