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In 1835 he studied with SFB Morse , and produced "A Bar-Room Politician" and "A Toper Asleep." Subsequently he painted some landscapes on the Hudson River , and in 1839 went to Rome . On his return to America he painted portraits and began the illustration of '' The Pilgrim's Progress '', but his eyesight failed, and in 1844 he went back to Rome .

Returning to New York around 1846, he devoted his time chiefly to portrait-painting, although he has painted many genre, religious and historical subjects. He was president of the National Academy from 1862 to 1870, and again in 1877-1890. Among his principal works are:
  • "The Florentine Girl"

  • "Early Christian Prisoners"

  • "The Shepherd Boy of the Campagna"

  • "The Roman Penitents"

  • "Christiana and Her Children"

  • "Queen Mary signing the Death-Warrant of Lady Jane Grey"

  • "Feckenham in the Tower" (1850)

  • "Chocorua" (1860)

  • "Republican Court in the Time of Washington" containing sixty-four careful portraits (1861)

  • "Sowing the Word" (1869)

  • "St Jerome, Juliet on the Balcony" (1870)

  • "The Narrows, Lake George" (1871)

  • "Clement VII. and Charles V. at Bologna"

  • "Philosophy and Christian Art" (1878)

  • "Goldsmiths Daughter" (1884)

    • His principal portraits are: