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Homer, Winslow. 
(Biographical sketch on page 109.) 
THE VISIT OF THE MISTRESS. 
Signed and dated, 1876. On canvas, 17^ H., 24 W. 
HIGH CLIFF, COAST OF MAINE. 
Signed and dated, 1894. On canvas, 30 H., 37^ W. 
Howe, William Henry. 
Bom, Ravenna, Ohio, 1846. Pupil of Otto de Thoren and F. de Vuille- 
froy in Paris. Hon. mention, New Orleans, 1885, and Paris Salon, 1886; 
third class medal, Paris Salon, 1888; silver medal, Paris Exp., 1889; Tem- 
ple gold medal, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, 1890; grand gold medal, Crystal Pal- 
ace, London, 1890; gold medal, Boston, 1890; medal, Columbian Exp., 
Chicago, 1893; gold medals, Cal. Mid-Winter Exp., 1894, and Atlanta Exp., 
1895; Officier d’Acad£mie, Paris, 1896; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 
1899; silver medal, Pan-Amer. Exp., 1901 ; member of Jury, St. Louis Exp., 
1904. N. A., 1897; member, Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Specialty, 
landscapes with cattle. Bronxville, N. Y. 
MY DAY AT HOME. 
Signed and dated, 1906. On canvas, 24 H., 30 W. 
Howland, Alfred Cornelius. 
Bom, Walpole, N. H., Feb. 12, 1838; died, Pasadena, Cal., Mar. 17, 1909. 
Studied art in Boston and New York, and was a pupil of the Royal Academy 
and Albert Flamm in Diisseldorf, and of Emile Lambinet in Paris. He 
became an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1874 and an 
Academician in 1882. He was a regular exhibitor in New York, and his 
works were frequently seen in Paris and Munich. His studio, during the 
winter, was in New York, while his summer home was the Roof Tree, 
Williamstown, Mass. 
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS. 
Signed. On canvas, 16 % H., 22^ W. 
Hunt, William Morris. 
Bom, Brattleboro, Vt., 1824; died, Isles of Shoals, N. H., Sep. 8, 1879. 
Studied at Diisseldorf; pupil of Couture in Paris; influenced by Millet and 
the Barbizon School. In 1862 he settled in Boston, where he spent most 
of his life. He painted many portraits of noted persons, was the author of 
many original sketches of types of Parisian life, and is well known by his 
mural paintings in the State Capitol at Albany, N. Y. 
THE SPOUTING WHALE. 
Signed. 
On canvas, 20 H., 16 W. 
