Excerpt from Exhibition of Paintings by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1813 1894: Upon the Centenary of His Birth; The Art Institute of Chicago From January 2 to January 19, 1913<br><br>George P. A. Healy was born in Boston, July 15, 1813. His father was a naturalized American citizen of Irish birth, and his mother an American. Nothing in his early years seemed to indicate his future vocation. His father had been captain in the merchant service, and although the family was acquainted with Stuart, who painted the captain's portrait, the surroundings of the growing chil dren were by no means artistic. A mere acci dent revealed to the boy that he had a knack for taking likenesses, as the good people said; so, to the great sorrow of his parents he resolved to be a painter.<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.