Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-29

From that time artists ia iIlustra-
zion began to spring up very RAPIDLY.
Frost was associated with us afterward.
Some OF the best known nowadays were
flee boys in the Harpers' house when
[ was there. George Wharton Edwards
vas an Office boy who whitened the
llocks and ran errands. John AIexan-
Ter was another Office boy. so were
Alfred Kappes aud T. l.. Kelley, the
culptor.
In 1850 went abroad under COM
mission from the Harpers to give them
all my work. / lived mostly in Paris
and travelled about all over France, Of
( course, and then 70 Spain with George
! Parsons Lathrop, and we made book
together, called Spanish Vistas." l
made series of sketches in Italy and
IN Germany, and then ! went over to
| England. IL was at that time that I
made my Reichstag sketches in Ger
many, and travelled through Cornwall
with WIN. IL. Rideing, who was writing
Tor the magazine.
During that period came back TO
The United States once for five months
and travelled with Charles Dudley War
ner. Their Pilgrimage, was the result
of our collaboration.
abbey and | really introduced the
| practice OF using models for such work
as illustration. We saw that the best
| artistic work could not be done out OF
the head, but only by the use of a live
model, and as we had no Que else TO rs
| sist US we posed for each other. He
would pose for me, and then would
! pose for him, and the assistance wo were
To each other during the five years we
| worked there side by side is incalcul-
| able, and the sympathetic and ardent
| friendship that sprung up between us,
made eur days of probation at the Har-
! Ders endurable Gud delightful, and by
mutual support, common ambition and
kindred tastes we were enabled to push
the standard OF work higher and higher
In spite OF the prisonlike confines of a
! printing house. in ali this we had the
generous sym pathy and aid OF our dearly
! beloved chief, and the friendship and
| esteem OF the house itself. Never WAS
business relationship more delightful.
"WhiIe In Paris 1 made the first
| drawing Of the Body Washed Ashore.
which l afterward developed for the
! painting which won me medal. 1t was
published in HdrUc'S Weekly, the Lon.
! dom Graphite, French paper. n German
1 paper and Spanish paper, all stimuli
taneously.
After the expiration OF that contract
I
then 1 have made Illustrations FOR MI
the magazines"
/ Mr.. Reinhart has a most remarko bio
/ felicity, Of which he gave a hasty Illus
| tration before my eyes with a biz Of
! charcoal on tine back OF q screen that
/ stood near Us. lie draws as easily as
one writes his own signature. asked:
/ "HOw do YOU get variety OF features
and expressions OF face, when you use
| the same models over and over again?"
/ "Ill show YOU" said he. There Is a
| pen and ink sketch ! am making for
! Life. ! had girl in here posing for
| that chiefly because Of her good clothes,
| for her face was not beautiful by any
means, though you see have made the
| picture very good looking. The face Of
the model was like this"-and no drew
the outlines Of q face with a pug nose,
very short, an unusually long upper
! lip, and thick lips, retreating chin,
with double chin. Then he drew an
other 10 illustrate how he got beauty
out Of so hOmely a model.
81 take the face as basis and cor
rect the various features. / will
straighten the nose, so, and make the
/ upper lip short so, and give tho edges
/ OF the lips pretty cure, so, aud make
/ them not too thick, and bring the chin
out and give the neck a graceful
curve, and you see 7 have very
pretty girl. That comes from study
ing the antique. You learn fin that
way the laws OF beauty, which the
/ Greeks understood so WE'LL"
In one corner Of his studio are the
various certificates, medals, etc, ro-
ceiyed by him in honor OF his work. In
| 1880, be took the gold medal at the
] IL m nil
/ Abbey.
In another corner, In a somewhat bat.
tered gilt frame, Is q painting, a por-
trait OF q young lady sitting IN a chair,
30 evening costume, with her mantle