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 In America. 655 child to the United States : in 1811 he went to England, and, with the exception of a short visit to America in 1833, resided there for the rest of his life. Henry Peters Gray (1819 — 1877), a pupil of Huntington, was President of the National Academy from 1869 to 1871, when he went to Florence. He painted chiefly genre subjects until his later years. Amongst his best paint- ings are Wages of War, sold for 5000 dollars, and now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and The Ajiple of Discord, which was highly commended by the judges at Philadelphia in 1876. He was also famous for his female portraits. Gilbert Stuart Newton (1795 — 1835), who was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in America, studied under his uncle, Gilbert Stuart, went to Europe in 1817, and paid but one short visit to America in 1832, and died in London; he belongs to the English School. On the other hand, Thomas Cole (1801— 1848)— who was born at Bolton-le-Moor, Lancashire, of American an- cestry, and went when eighteen years of age to Stubenville, Ohio — belongs to America. After travelling about the country for some time, he visited New York, where he was patronized by Trumbull and other artists. Cole made two journeys to Europe, and stayed chiefly in Italy and England, the scenery of which countries furnished him with subjects for many of his best works. He died among his " own dear Catskills," as he calls them ; for with all the magnificent scenery of the Alps and elsewhere in Europe, and the works of Claude Lorrain, Salvator Rosa, and Turner and Constable, which he saw in England, he remained true to his first love. Of Cole's works we may notice, in the possession of the New York Historical