Excerpt from The Art Journal, 1886<br><br>American painting? He would have had for answer ex actly what was said beyond the Straits of Dover of our own school before the Exhibition of 1855, namely, that there was none. In 1855 the French awoke to the fact that we had at least a number of very remarkable painters by 1867 they had forgot-ten the lesson, and the Show of that year did little to refresh it; but in 1878 their indifference disappeared. In some quarters it was succeeded by enthusiasm, and during the seven years which have elapsed many things have com bined to prevent a recurrence of the old contempt.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.