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OBITfAi:il>. AMKKH \\. 



of very broad vision. ami n only U- 



came broader with trav.-l: ami it is generalh 



.gland nmi in Normandy 



was hardly, if at all. that which h- 



duoed in his own .1, some of his 



finest canvases such as -The Thames 



I" and the -landscape mi the 

 name only two were (tainted abr .. i. !! pos- 

 sessed a remarkably vigorous nun. I. <1. 

 feeling, ami acute perception: an 1 hi- a: 

 career may be said to have been one of almost un- 



rupted progress. It has been said of him that 

 his eariy work was entirely in k. , j.m- with the 

 doctrines and theories of what i- oommoolj kn\vn 

 as the Hudson river -.-h-.o!. and in a 



Sense. Superfleiallv. there was little to distingni-h 

 it from that of his fellow-; but even when he was 

 most strongly influenced by the traditions of his 

 tune and by" his surroundings something of his 

 own fK-rsona'litv was evxi ..-ast imlivi<liial 



productions, i'he hardness ami almost preraph- 

 iiiinuteneas of his coworkers was not t<. his 

 taste. Kven in his early works it may be seen that 

 h<> had a broader manner of seeing things than 

 most painter- <f hi- time, and that he ^ouirlit 

 rather to soften down than to accentual 

 cruditi.--. It was not long before he broke away 

 and achieved a style that was en- 

 tin ly his own. That he was somewhat influenced 

 by certain painters of the harbi/on school, as well 

 as by others, is \:-i--nt: but it i- equally certain 

 that 'no American painter of his time possessed 

 more individuality than he. While his inferior 

 works are, perhaps, somewhat ** painty " in quality. 

 his finest productions are technically excellent, 

 possess a rare poetic feeling, a distinction, ami a 

 richness ami mellowness of color that are to be 



: in few landscapes by his contemporaries. 



ork was always refined and large in concep- 

 tion. and he understood the beauty and charm of 

 xrangely enough, it was a long time 

 Dualities as a painter gainl 

 general recognition. Though he had long been 

 known as one of <>ur im-t distinguished artists by 

 those who understood his work, the public at large 

 was inclined to consider him a somewhat insignifi- 

 cant painter. It was only shortly l>efore his death 

 that he won the reputation that he had Ion- <1. - 

 served. During the latter years of his life he pro- 

 vi work than in his earlier days 

 partly because of the general loss of his health, for 

 he suffered for a long time from the cancer that 

 ultimately resulted in his death, and partly because 

 his eyesight failed. Nevertheless, his latest work 

 is quite equal if not somewhat superior to that 

 whi<-h he produced in his prime. What place he 

 will hold among his fellow-artists in the estimation 

 of posterity it is impossible to say. IVrhap- m- 

 can hardly lay claim to a place beside Inn.-'-, l.ut 

 certainly he must be ranked among the greatest 

 'an landscape painters of hi- time. He gen- 

 erally loved to interpret Nature in her more som- 

 ber and pensive aspects ; but that he was capable 

 of seeing her in many different moods was made 

 } of his canvases were brought to- 

 gether shortly after his death and placed on exhibi- 

 .tury Club, in N.-W York. Martin 

 was hard I v less remarkable for his social qualities 

 than for his artistic attributes. He was a man of 

 wide culture, very well rend, individual in his o pin- 

 ions and < , and gifted wit h remarkable 



il and '-,,nv, r-.r; nal jH.wer-. II- wa- the 

 intimate friend of Mr. Wh>-,, r . A . and 



many other of the famous artists as well as lit 

 - ue of his finest works are in the po*s 



ssrs. T. B. Clark.-. William C. Bn.wm-11. i, . \. 

 Hearn, G. Thompson, ami Montgomery Schuyler. 



of h: raset it will lw> sufli 



the following: " Landscape ,.n the 



;.lit.iii Mu-euiu. in 



vwof hi- frii-nd-: " An F.quin- 



-M ion of |>r. i'.rook 



in "tl. ; In thfl \diron- 



i;. < ..i! 



iirell 

 !..|U.-l>oef " , W. T, I. 



.,ing on i 

 ; - H. ml I h.- Thames at !. 



inond": "Idling"; "Tl.. .-ning 

 on it,. 



and "While Mountains, from Handolph Hill." Mr. 



Martin \\a- a im-mbrr of the - Aim-rii-jni 



the Arti-ts' Fund and of die 

 Century Club. 



Mason. Alexander Maromh. soldier. b,,ni in 



.11, l>. C.. in |S.|I ; died there. Maidi 17. 

 1897. In early lif.- he was a|>|>inti-d a midshi|unan 

 in the United State! navy, and in ls-">7 '58 

 on th- Mil.- that \ :ng in 



g the Atlantic cable. When Virgin 

 the ordinance of sece ion In- n-i^n.-d. and < i 

 the (nfedcrale naval service, di-t ingui-hing him- 

 s.-lf e-pecially in the engagement in Hani|iton 



,:i.-r th- war he ivmli-n-d military- 

 in Chili. China, and Cuba till lsT(l. when he" went to 

 l-!u'>i't. with who-e Khedive he soon b.-caim-a i 

 ite. He was sele-ted to reorgani/e the Kgyjitian 

 army ami navy, mad.- th.- lir-t survey of Lake Al- 

 b.-rt'Nyaii/.a. was appointed governor of eijua 1 

 Africa 'by <J<-n. QoraOD, ami in 1*7? wa- sent to 

 Massowah to k< * p the peace between the Soudanese 

 and the Aby>-iuian-. In IN?S he -i-rved will: 

 (Jordmi in Ivluirtoum. ami in 1KS4 was aj.j.oint.-d by 

 tin- Khedive (ioveriior of Massowah ami lliirl ' 

 mi-sioiier of the Soudan. I>uring his ST\ 



he was din-dor general of public lands. Ib- 

 was also sent on inijiortant political mi-- 



M.I-OII. .lohn Niint'ord. snlilier. born in Steubm- 

 ville. Ohio. An-. 'Jl. lv,'$: di.-d in Washii. 



1^:17. He was gradual. -.1 at the 

 I'nited Stal.-s Military Acad.-iny and commissioned 

 Jd lieutenant in the fed Artillery in 1*17. and was 

 mi mediately ordered to duty in Mexico, where he 

 served to tfie close of the war. He was j.i..in..i. .1 

 i-t lieutenant, Sept. 7, I860; captain, nth Infantry, 



May 14, 1861; major. 17th Infantry. Oct. II. |s;j; 

 lieutenant colonel, 4th Infantry, Dee. 11. 1*7:',; and 

 colonel, !Mh Infantry, April 'J. IHX:! : and \\. 

 tir.-d A u ir. '2\. ixss.' In the volunteer 

 was foinini-ioned colonel of the 4th Ohio Infantry 

 Oct. 3, 1861, was promoted brigadier general 

 29, 1862, and was mustered out l*Wi. In 



the civil war he was brevette.l major in the regular 

 army. Sept. 17, 1862, for gallantry at Antietam: 

 lieutenant colou.-l. I 1 lowin-. f.,r Fredi-r- 



icksburi:: c..lonel. March 1U. lS(J. r ). for merit' 

 -ervices during the war: and brigadier general. 

 same date, for wr vices jn the field. 



Mayer, Alfred M.ir-hall physicist born in 

 Baltimore, Md.. Nov. i:{. ls:i; died in MaplewoocL 

 N. .1.. .lul\ 1:5. l^.7. At an early age he exhibited 



.ini-jil inu'cimity. and h- left . -nter 



..1 drauirhi ing room of a mechanical 



.tined t w. '-lean- 



while he studied by himself the laws of phy-ie- and 

 mechanics that were applied in his daily Isr 

 A laboratory course followed, and fr.r two more 

 years he studied chemistry, chiefly the principles 

 and processes of quantitative anah -"' he 



PjK.inted P and Chcmi-try 



in the t"niver-ity of Maryland, and in 1859 ac- 



i a similar chair in Wi-tmin-t.-r College, 

 Fulton. Mo., but he reliiMjiiished this place two 

 years later, owing to the insignificance of the equip- 



