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Rh QUARTLEY, Frederick William, engraver, b. in Math. England, 5 July, 1808; d. in New York city. 5 April, 1874. lie adopted the profession of wood-engraving at sixteen years of age, studied in Wales and in Paris, and in 1853 came to New York city, where he connected himself with several pub- lishing-houses, ilia best-known work is in "Pic- turesque America" (New York, 1872), and "Pic- turesque Europe" (1875). He also painted with some success. Among his pictures are " Niagara Falls," " Butter-Milk Falls," and " Catskill Falls." His son, Arthur, artist, b. in Paris, France, 24 May, 1839; d. in New York city, 19 May, 1886. When he was two years old he was taken to Lon- don, where in 1848-'50 he studied at Westminster. He came to the United States in 1851, settling in New York, where he was later apprenticed to a sign-painter. Until 1802 he followed his trade in New York, after which he went to Baltimore, en- gaging in business for ten years. Meanwhile for some time he had devoted his leisure hours to the study of painting, although he never had any in- struction. He. opened a studio in 1873, and two years later returned to New York. He improved rapidly, and soon took a high place among Ameri- can marine-painters. He was elected an associate of the National academy in 1879, and an academician in 1886. In 1885 he visited Europe, remaining about one year, and returning a few months before his death. His more important paintings include " Morning Effect, North River " and " Close of a Slormv Day " (1877); "From a North River Pier- Head" and "An Afternoon in August" (1878); "Trinity from the River" (1880); "Queen's Birth- day " (1883); and " Lofty and Lowly " and " Dig- nity and Impudence " (1884).

QUASDANOVICH, Sigismond Mathias (quas- dah-no-vitch'), Hungarian explorer, b. in Buda in 1742 ; d. in Vienna, Austria, in 1796. He received his education in Vienna, and was afterward assist- ant professor of botany in the university of that city. In 1784 he was sent to the West Indies and South America, and, obtaining from Charles III., after some difficulties, permission to enter the Spanish dominions, he explored for three years Cuba, Porto Rico, Jamaica, and Santo Domingo. He went afterward to Guiana, and returned in 1789 to Vienna with important botanical collections, which he presented to the Academy of sciences. Among his works are " Reise durch Guiana " (Vienna, 1790); " Beschreibung der Insel Cuba" (1791); " Hundert Tage auf Reisen in Porto Rico " (1791) ; "Guiana Skizzen" (1792); " Geschichte und Zu- stande der Indianer in Guiana " (1793) ; " Institu- tiones regni vegetabilis " (1794) ; and " Historia generalis plantarum Americanamm " (3 vols., 1795).

QUAY, Matthew Stanley, senator, b. in Dillsburg, York co., Pa., 30 Sept., 1833. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Pa., in 1850, began his legal studies at Pittsburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. He was appointed prothonotary of Beaver county in 1855, in 1856 elected to the same office, and re-elected in 1859. In 1861 he resigned his office to accept a lieutenancy in the 10th Pennsylvania reserves, and he was subsequently made assistant commissary-general of the state with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Afterward he was appointed private secretary to Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, and in August, 1862, he was commissioned colonel of the 134th Pennsylvania regiment. He was mustered out, owing to impaired health, 7 Dec., 1862, but participated in the assault on Marye's Heights, 13 Dec., as a volunteer. He was subsequently appointed state agent at Washington, but shortly afterward was recalled by the legislature to

fill the office of military secretary, which was created by that body. He was elected to the legislature in October, 1864, in 1865, and 1866, and in 1869 he established and edited the Beaver “Radical.” In 1873-'8 he was secretary of the commonwealth, resigning to accept the appointment of recorder of Philadelphia, which office he resigned in 1879. In January, 1879, he was again appointed secretary of the commonwealth, filling that post until October, 1882, when he resigned. In 1885 he was elected state treasurer by the largest vote ever given to a candidate for that office, and in 1887 was chosen to the U. S. senate, and was in 1893 re-elected for a second term.

QUEEN, Walter W., naval officer, b. in Wash- ington, D. C., 6 Oct., 1824 ; d. there, 24 Oct., 1893. He entered the U. S. navy as a midshipman, was attached to the frigate " Macedonian," and after- ward to the sloop " Marion," of the West India squadron, 1842-'3. During the Mexican war he served in the frigates " Cumberland " and " Ohio," and was stationed in the fort at Point Isabel during the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, taking part in the attacks on Alvarado, Tampico, Tuxpan, and Vera Cruz. In 1847 he was promoted to passed-midshipman, and in the following year was dismissed from the service for fighting a duel, but was reinstated in 1853. Two years later he was commissioned lieutenant, and saw service in the East and West India squadrons. He was on special duty in the " Powhatan " at the re-enforce- ment of Fort Pickens, and served nineteen days on shore at the fort in charge of the boats of the fleet. He was in command of a division of the mortar flotilla under David D. Porter during the bom- bardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. ,-iNo during the attack on Vicksburg, when Flag-Officer David G. Farragut first passed the batteries with his fleet. He became a lieutenant-commander in 1862, was on ordnance duty in Washington and with the North Atlantic squadron in 1862-'3, and in command of the " Wyalusing" in 1863-'4. On 5 May, 1864, with that vessel, he engaged the Con- federate ram " Albemarle," with her consorts the " Bombshell " and the " Cotton-plant," compelling them to seek refuge in the Roanoke river. He became commander, with special duty in Hartford, ('nun., in 1866, and later served in the South Pa- cific and North Atlantic squadrons. In 1873-'4 he was on duty in the Washington navy-yard, and in 1878-'9 commanded the flag-ship " Trenton," on the European station. His last service was as com- mandant of the navy-yard, Washington, in 1885-'6. He was commissioned captain in 1874, commodore in 1883, and rear-admiral, 27 Aug., 1886, being retired in the following October, after which date he resided in the city of Washington.

QUEIPO, Vicente Vasqnez, Spanish statesman, b. in Luci, Galicia, in 1804. He received his education in Seville, where he was graduated in law, and entered the colonial magistracy. He was for several years fiscal procurator in Havana, and always advocated the enfranchisement of the negroes in the island. In 1860 he was elected senator by the city of Seville, but he resigned after the overthrow of Queen Isabella in 1868, and since that time has devoted his time to literary researches. He x has in preparation a history of Cuba. Queipo is a member of the Academy of sciences, and that of historical researches, of Madrid, and a correspond- ing member of the Institute of France. Among his works are " Cuba, sus recursos su administracion y su populacion" (Madrid, 1850), translated into French in 1851, and " Essai sur le systeme metrique et mniu'taire des anciens peuples" (1859).