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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Class 53 .—Music and Musical Instruments. 
No premiums were offered in tliis class, but the fine display made by H. 
N. Hempsted, Milwaukee, the only exhibitor, warranted the award of a Sil¬ 
ver Medal. 
Class 54 .— Works of Art. 
The exhibition in this Class was the largest and finest ever made in the 
state. The society is under great obligations to Mrs. Alexander Mitchell, 
Messrs. H. N. Hempsted, John Nazro, James Ludington, G. W. Allen, R.H. 
Adams and many other citizens for their numerous, free and valuable con¬ 
tributions to the art collections, as well as to assistant Superintendent F. 
A. Lydston, artist, and his local committee—consisting of Geo. B. Goodwin, 
G. W. Allen, John A. Beecher, E. R. Persons, E. Townsend Mix, Jas. Doug¬ 
lass and W. A. Nowell, all of Milwaukee—for their energetic efforts to in¬ 
sure a worthy exhibition of works of this class, and for their skill and effi¬ 
ciency in executing the delicate and difficult duties assigned them. 
To Mr. F. A. Lydston, assistant superintendent, for valuable services 
rendered, the executive board have unanimously accorded the distinc¬ 
tion of a. Silver Medal 
Best carving in marble, N. Merrill, Milwaukee. Silver Medal 
Best carving in wood, C. Hang, Milwaukee . Silver Medal 
Best painting in oil, M. Vianden, Milwaukee. Silver Medal 
Best show of paintings by modern masters, Wm. Yer Bryck, Milwaukee, 
Special Notice 
Two sacred landscapes, F. A. Lydston, Milwaukee. Diploma 
Best exhibition of sun pictures, W. H. Sherman, Milwaukee, Silver Medal 
Second best, Hugo Broich, Milwaukee. Bronze Medal 
Best exhibition of lithographs, Siefert & Lawton, Milwaukee, Silver Medal 
Engraving, die sinking and letter cutting, C. H. Clarke, Milwaukee, Silver 
Medal. 
Best exhibition of penmanship and pen drawing, Spencerian Business 
College, Milwaukee. Silver Medal 
India ink portrait and pen drawing, Mrs. J. T. Kavanaugh, Milwaukee, 
Diploma 
Best exhibition of pencil or crayon drawings, E. White, Milwaukee, 
Diploma 
Second best, Master W. 0. Lydston, Milwaukee-. Honorable Mention 
Sketches fruit drawn from nature, Miss Fanny Wells, Milwaukee, Diploma 
Needle work picture (Mary, Queen of the Scots), Miss Mary Maliony, 
Waukesha.Diploma 
The judges appointed to decide on the merits of the Works of Art, ex¬ 
hibited in Class 54, would respectfully report as follows: 
Though the competition in some departments of this class has been 
quite spirited, and the exhibition perhaps the most creditable ever made by 
the society, your committee are of opinion that the interests of the art de¬ 
partment would be advanced by different and more careful classification. 
In the Department of Oil Paintings, especially, they would recommend a 
different classification. For Portraits, Historic Subjects, and Landscape 
Still Life, three classes; and would advise the withdrawal of premiums for 
works of old Masters; also, the best show of paintings by Modern Masters, 
