Publisher's Synopsis
Originally published in 1899.
Browere's Life Masks of Great Americans is a rediscovery of the works of the artist, John Henri Isaac Browere, and provides a true history of plastic art in America.
John Henri Isaac Browere (1790-1834) was an artist in New York in the early 19th century. He created life masks of Thomas Jefferson, Gilbert Stuart, Lafayette, John Quincy Adams, Edwin Forrest, Issac Van Wart, John Paulding, David Williams and other notables.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Proem
IThe Plastic Art
IIThe Plastic Art in America
IIIJohn Henri Isaac Browere
IVThe Captors of Andre
VDiscovery of the Life Mask of Jefferson
VIThree Generations of Adamses
VIIMr. and Mrs. Madison
VIIICharles Carroll of Carrollton
IXThe Nation's Guest, La Fayette
XDe Witt Clinton
XIHenry Clay
XIIAmerica's Master Painter, Gilbert Stuart
XIIIDavid Porter, United States Navy
XIVRichard Rush
XVEdwin Forrest
XVIMartin Van Buren
XVIIDeath Mask of James Monroe
Addendum to Chapter VIII
LIST OF PLATES
Thomas Jefferson, Profile
John H. I. Browere
John Paulding
Isaac Van Wart
David Williams
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Charles Francis Adams
James Madison
"Dolly" Madison
Charles Carroll
Marquis de La Fayette
De Witt Clinton
Henry Clay
Gilbert Stuart
David Porter
Richard Rush
Edwin Forrest
Martin Van Buren
James Monroe's Death Mask
