HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION OF 1909 



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Robert Fulton, by Benjamin West. Fulton as & youth went to Europe to study art. 



West was his teacher. This portrait of Fulton is said to represent West's best style. 



Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. 



of New York are presented as they will be on this occasion, and given 

 a brilliant and attractive setting, it will be found that no exposition 

 ever organized on this continent has offered a greater variety of interest. 

 To apply the standard of monetary value may seem a trifle vulgar when 

 we are treating of the triumphs of art in all its forms, and yet this 

 standard merely expresses the worth of antiquities and artistic creations 

 in a more exact way than by using superlatives of speech. A reasonable 

 estimate of the value of the attractions that our city offers to its visitors 

 would be rather in excess of $2,000,000,000 than below that figure, and 



