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 Philadelphia, Nov. 28, 1854. Genre painter, pupil in Paris of Carolus Duran, and of the École des Beaux Arts under Cabanel. Exhibited first in Salon of 1881. Returned to America in 1882, painted in New Mexico in 1883. Studio in Paris. Works: Waif from the Sea (1881); Return from First Communion (1882); November (purchased by French Government); Little Goose-Herd, Motherless, Summer Idyl, Calling Home the Cows, Milkmaid, Modern Pompeiian, Friends or Foes (1884).

HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER, born in Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 1853. Genre and landscape painter, brother of Lowell Birge; pupil of École des Beaux Arts under Gérôme. Exhibited first in Salon of 1881; Honourable Mention, 1885. Gold medal, S. Francisco, 1878. Studio in Paris. Works: Au Bords de la Mer, Shipwrecked, Coast of Brittany (1881); Châteaux en Espagne (1882); The Amateurs, Little Slave (1883); Harbour of Concarneau, Pebbly Beach, Breton Garden, Twilight, The Shipwrecked of Glenans (1884); Sea-shore, The Wave (1885). Butler Harrison, a younger brother, has studied in Paris since 1881, with Boulanger and Lefebvre. Work, Little Grandmother (1884), Philadelphia Academy Exhibition.

HART, JAMES McDOUGAL, born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, May 10, 1828. Landscape painter; taken to America in 1831; pupil of his brother, William Hart, and in 1851 of Schirmer in Düsseldorf. Elected an A.N.A. in 1857, and N.A. in 1859. Studio in New York. Works: On the Croton, Launt Thompson; Landscape and Cattle, J. H. Sherwood, New York; Morning in the Adirondacks, M. O. Roberts Collection, ib.; Summer on the Boquet River, Stewart Gallery, ib.; Summer Memory of Berkshire, E. D. Morgan Collection, ib.; Autumn Woods, Rush C. Hawkins, ib.; Glimpse of Cayuga Lake, J. W. Pinchot, ib.; Adirondacks (1859), W. T. Walters, Baltimore; Drove at the Ford (1874), Corcoran Gallery, Washington; Threatening Weather, In the Pasture (1877); Midsummer's Day (1878); Through Dust-Clouds (1879); Farmington River, At the Brookside (1880); Loitering at Noonday, In our Village (1881); Princess Lily (1882); In the Old Orchard, Oaks in Autumn (1883); So Near and Yet so Far, Boughs for Christmas (1884); At the Watering Trough (1885).—Art Journal (1877), 314.

HART, SOLOMON ALEXANDER, born in Plymouth, April, 1806, died in London, June 11, 1881. History and portrait painter, apprenticed in London to Samuel Warren, engraver; became student in Royal Academy in 1823, A.R.A. in 1835, and R.A. in 1840; was professor of painting there in 1854-63, and librarian in 1865-81. First won notice by his Isaac of York in the Castle of Front de Bœuf. Other works: Interior of a Jewish Synagogue, National Gallery; Henry I. receiving News of the Shipwreck and Death of his Son (1840); Execution of Lady Jane Grey, Plymouth Gallery; Columbus and the Child; Wolsey and Buckingham; Dante; The Hoarder (1881).—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Art Journal (1881), 223; Sandby, ii. 166; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xix. 457.

HART, WILLIAM, born in Paisley, Scotland, March 31, 1823. Landscape and animal painter, self-taught; brother of James McDougal; taken to America in early youth. In 1849 visited Scotland, where he studied and painted three years. Elected an A.N.A. in 1857, and N.A. in 1858. Studio in New York. Works: Near Keene, Mt. Desert, S. V. Wright; After the Shower, S. J. Harriot; Peace and Plenty (1855); Close of Day—Mt. Desert (1856); Lake in the Hills (1858); White Mountain, E. B. Warren, Philadelphia; Joy of Autumn (1865); Golden Hour (1872); Morning in the Mountains (1874); Keene Valley (1875); Jersey Cattle (1879);