New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-03
-.a -,a.z,,.-. doriop the winter, he alone

proposed IS members during 'ie W. ~
r.s elected l. was attending q iheeUng u ms
latter association, in the upper part oi ,nc ci'y'
dn,inr verv stormy nigh: in February aSi, t'''5
he took . seIere cold, which brought on ms 9,u
disease, and threw INN again on sich oeo. nc
-ecovrrel sufficiently 10 pfocesd 20 the Fes-cshce
nj n. mother .l Sparta, where he became con-
f;,n,sd irv.id. and linge;ed until about the D.
o;nninr OF Nav. when lc expired, N the th.''E-
seventh year OF his age =.
His death c.s. g gloom over thc feelings OF ne
artists and at a inesting OF the insinosfs oi Wv
Y.rioa.l Academy OF Design. convened ioF th,S
,,nrccss resolutions were passed testiiglng their
respect ior his memory. and symPalhiztng win
his friends IN TIE loss they had sustained.
Tnrcbing the cha-actc. CT Mr.. Agate, we lei;
i, n,;de in cIhibiting it as model o: truly pure
and virtnops man. lie possessed mlldncss OF dis
ros;ton. apolica.ion to st0dy. capacity TO earn
md ;,d.,e. ard desire 10 win the esteem OF a!
men lndeed. we Go not iccye he ever had an
s,onr. or was ever ie.iors OF another success.
/, s;nr,e man. ALWAYS IN is studio, with no fis-
r7s;,jon to indulge ii oztr;ga7ali pleasures ne
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want which 50 frequently mars the cesI.fy o.
,o., of .,cri,,s f,;cr ARGUS acquire kI'"9
cd,,a end never satisfied rith what he h2d &C
connl;.hed. he was rot ashamed 20 pe seen
,,,,,, ,i,, e,;cs. ;i,os in he arts, drawing :om
tho a;,-;rue rs II ne had Jgst commenced his SUI
dios An enthusiastic liver Ot the procession
Which he had adopted, aGd shFinkingiy d'incen'
of his own merits, he was ever wiling 10 receive
.dvice. even from those who were not equal 10
himself in ability, and sho were lar behind MN
in kpoglcd:e and experience. While curator o'
,bo Ts,;onsI academy of Design, by his mild
.rd cone,,iitorv department, his readiness to IN
mar. instruction, and constfnt attention TO D'>
dries he obtaiaci the respect Of the students,
and w.s terarded BIZ them with an affection ana
c,n4ness that IS rarely evinced toward one VINO
occupi, : position Of such trying and o''heait
As a member of one OF the mos; respectable
r. licions societies OF this CITY. by his e%eH1?iaF;
life and uniform Observance. OF the "utIeS "hich
!, reouircd of hin be Tot o.liy Ton the esteem OF
his Christian brethren, but attached TO himself
many valuable friends who sincerely and deeply
dcplo!ed his early death.
In his youngc- de,-1 &c occasionally tried his
skill il poetry. and NEST Of the lines inserted
! from time to time in the catalogues Of the aca-
DENY. in illustration of the subjects of his own
pictures, are believed to DC from his own pen.
AS an artist, he had a vivid Imagination, a
correc, eve. and good knowledge OF drawing.
composition and effect. His works. perhaps,
sometimes exhibit wan: Of finish, as If he had
been impatient in their completion and some
times there may be Observed a latitude II pcr.
traying the subject moi always in accordance
with good tas!c but this we think arose from
disinclination to be restricted 10 the time and
place Of the scene which he had chosen to1 his
pencil.
his occasional remarks upon distinguished
! wo.k, OF art, showed great observation and ma
u.ed inrinent; and his opiuions Of the works ..
his contemporaries, though rarely given uui5sS
sought for displaced an irnpartlallty and fa:ness
of the most honorable character
lie believed that painting was not merely an
ornamental ert that it had higher and nober
objects in view that ii could be MADE The !nstru-
ment - instruct the mind, to rviine the feelings,
and elevate the character; and entertaining such
sentiments he brought the strongest powers oi
his intellect TO bear upon every thing lie under
took Hc was Of opinion that artists should ap-
peal through their works 10 the understanding
Of men that mind should have precedence ol
mere skill and manner; that simple imitation ot
what is called nature without aiming at iha,
which awakens resposivc feeling in the heart,
ought 10 be viewed III 10 other light than a
curious display of human doxtsrity, which can
DC exercised with equal success in any OF the ne
chanical arts
To reach this high order of painting he st-ove
with unrcm;,tinC industry; and although his
hand may NOT have been able 10 execute al that
MS Imagination conceived, yet his works bear .hc
impFess Of a mind that has thought long and
deeply upon what it was doing and if he Is not
-anked hereafter Among the first OF painters te
will be remembered for his efforts TO preserve the
art To which he was devoted, from all contamna-
.ions of false or pernicious character.
F. ". E.