The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
A WOMAN'S UNIQUE ART WORK
MISS NEtGHERS PAINTINGS or
THE HJ IMAM EYE.
They Are Mad with the Ophthaimsscepe
and Are Of Value To Phy sicians-
L. Relieved to he the First Layman
or woman Aha Has Done such Work.

Miss Marion Meagher dreamed onc- 81
painting c~anvass"- that should put Raphael
ani Titan and Rub~ns to IN" blush She
studied m tho Art students League. In tho
studios Of William VI Chas. and Carroll
R"ckeith and At The Julian At"lier In Paris.
With consuming ambition. she worked day
ariuigrt ur'il ~ length her eves protested
Wear g.asse- L. will rest Them a
follow student suggested
! knew that 20 complain ~ my yes AZ
h.ma ~ ~ b" -"'r there wearing glasses,
-ui Mss N"agher tn recalling the b~ginning
~ r-r uuigu" ctr'er, meant the cessation
a. al. art study ~ my eyes grew worse
-r' NV wits to work and without taking
"a" family into nv confidence, | cuutrived
20 stve %Ienrirs from my lunch allowanc"
until | had fv, dollars. II was hut half
IN. examining fp Il one 81 the foremost
o~cuIist- Of New York "a whom | went.
caufe.-irg iu a4vtnce that II was all the
money I had
And you arr an ARTIST he said, when
he had examined NV ey-s and prescribed
r,ls-,s for which | had no money. Can
Won draw a human ever
When II l. before me. | replied.
A human I'VE Was put upon n table and I
was instructed 10 draw II, color Il, put In
everything last - ! Jaw IL When | had
finished. the oculi-t examined 1t critically.
We'll 10 sad. can you keep up this
grade OF work.
A. long as ! have 80 good a model
In a dark room was "A patient he had been
examining with tho ophthslmoscope. He
handed me tho instrument and explained
it, working Then | was SEATED OF his
,.,ol before tho patient and told 10 adjust
tho instrument a. The patients opened
eve and note accurately everything ! saw
reflected there.
Tho verbal rrport 10 my untutored
medical mind but trained traughtsman's
~, seemed Ia delight him | made then
and thrr. a rough sketch 20 tho n
,h, orhthalmn-onpe had rvealed 10 me
and the next dav | brought 10 the Office
"A water color drawing of II
The ocsllist nodded his head signif-
irau'Iv when h. aid IL.
II this II the kind 81 work YOU can
a., he laid. IL will not be long until you
can huv all kinds ~ lenses for glasses
Then | learned hat h. had been for
wears preparing a book upon the fundu-
~ th. eve. hut had been unable 10 hrd
a. artist cAuahl" Il Illustrating II as he
desired had Dreamed 10 paint master
p..-r,.- ,n hang "u the line and elicit col
rtnu, ia the o.; reviews, and when he pro-
rr-aI that | -huid make drawings Of the
iut,r.or e rh" living ~" and color them
from nature a. the ophthalmoscop- dis
closed II g. m-. | confess INV pride was
both fatt-rct and hurt. But Il meant
ready money. which ! needed badly and
which nv masterpieces were very. very
Glow IN bringing
Miss Mcagher thus found n field 81 re
cnliar usefulness No work upon the fun
dus of the human eve has ever bs written
ar ruhlishsd m IA" United States. The
} au,hnrtr- arr English aud German and
ar very costly volumes. Tho coiored
platr- Illustrating exceptional Ca-ss In
the foreign puhli 'atlonr were made by
dnc,ors Al Culorcd plates illustrating
thu back e the cveball uSd In GESTURES
I-fnrr clinic ~ this country were made
los mcmlrr- - the profession.
Mi. N"agh.r l. probably The first, "
/ mo-, the only lRvman or woman In the world
e. draw and parHt from the livii q model
the interior q me living eye, suc~~ding
in many u-tauc,- where the artist-phv-
.iriau Lao failed. Photography hn at
t.inp'ei g. vain 10 picture the haek ~ IN"
living "vt
~ rxI.r, las Mis- Msa CHEZ b-com-
~ the U.s. - the ophthAlmo-or~ thar 81"
1 has drt.St.d di~a,e that had c~raf~d The
.Iusruli~t. So acyurat" arr her plht"s
, thtt the ~Tattrut NAV 10 'r'N'et from mem
: A. h.' skill IN drawing tho .yter,or NJ the
human I've Ma Acluiod from faithful study
| OF thy l,tus mu,l9. ~ her Ar Va dep'ctinS