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Abolition Hall,  Academic Nude (–),  Academy of Fine Arts (Institute of France),  An Accident (Dagnan-Bouveret; ), , , –n.  AfricanAmericans: , n. , nn. –, –n. ; advancement, ; Corson, Helen, –, ; free blacks versus plantation, n. ; male suffrage, n. ; mythical Old South, ; Plymouth andWhitemarsh census, n. ; racist “humor,” n. , n. ; similarities to Breton peasants, , –nn. , ; women working outside home, n. . See also domestic genre,AfricanAmerican paintings by Hovenden Ain’tThat Ripe (ca. –), ,  apprenticeship,  art,American: development, ; expectations (–), xv, –; Hovenden contribution, , ; preferences (s),  art, purpose of, n.  art criticism: Breaking HomeTies, –; Bringing Home the Bride, –; In the Hands of the Enemy, –, n. ; The Last Moments of John Brown (–), –; A Village Blacksmith (),  art critics:African American paintings, ; after Hovenden’s death: , n. ; Benjamin, S. G.W., ; European training, ; Hovenden critique, ; Pach,Walter (), ; Sartain, John (), ; Sears, John V., , –, , n. , n. ; Sheldon, George William, , , , n. ; technique, –;Tuckerman, Henry T.,  art education, comparison to European, . See also Cork School of Design; National Academy of Design art exhibitions, , n. ; after Hovenden’s death, ; Bendann’s Gallery, n. ; Centennial Exposition (Philadelphia; ), ; Earles Galleries, , nn. , ; Knoedler & Company Gallery, n. ; Metropolitan Fair (), ; Philadelphia Society of Artists, ; Salon (Paris), , nn. , ; Society of American Artists, , n. ;World Columbian Exposition,  art exhibitions, National Academy of Design, , , n. ; (), n. ; annual spring, , ; In the Hands of the Enemy (), , n.  art exhibitions, Pennsylvania Academy, n. ; (), ; (), , –n.  “art for art’s sake,” , , –nn. ,  art museums,  artists,American:Academy of Fine Arts, ; community in New York City, n. ; European studies, ; genre painters, ; Paris, , ; Pont-Aven, –, n. ; return to U.S., , , ,  Attention,Company! (Harnett; ),  Page references in italics refer to illustrations. INDEX Baltimore, , n.  The Banjo Lesson (Tanner; ), ,  Battell, Robbins, , –nn. ,  Battle of Bunker’s Hill (Trumbull; ),  Beard, James Henry: Goodbye,Old Virginia (),  The BeechWood (Lambdin; ), n.  Benjamin, S. G.W.,  Bible-reading theme,  Birth of Venus (Cabanel; ),  Bramley, Frank: A Hopeless Dawn (),  The Breakfast Room (Tarbell; ca. ),  Breaking HomeTies (): criticism, –, , n. ; criticism by J. V. Sears, , –, , n. ; history of painting, ; interpretation , , , , –; models and props, , –n. ; mother figure, –; pamphlet, n. ; public response, xiii, , ; self-criticism, ; value,  Brenan, James,  Breton, Jules: influence on Homer, n. ; influence on Hovenden, , n.  A Breton Interior in  (): comparison to In Hoc Signo Vinces, ; criticism, ; description, , n. ; models and props, n. ; public reaction,  Breton peasant: Hovenden’s view, , n. , n. ; native costume, n. ; similarities to African Americans, , –nn. ,  BretonWoman Blowing the Dinner Horn,  Bringing Home the Bride (), –, n. ; criticism, ; criticism of light and color, ; models, –n. ; props, n. ; similar works, n.  Bringing Home the Bride (Erdmann),  Brittany, ; artists, , –nn. , ; Concarneau , n.  A Brittany Image Seller (),  A Brittany Peasant Girl. See What O’Clock Is It? Brown, John, –, ; execution, n. ; Memoirs of John Brown (Sanborn), , n. ; song, n.  “Brown of Ossawattomie” (Whittier; ), , , n.  Cabanel,Alexandre, , n. ; The Choir Director ’sWidow (), ; historical genre, n. ; influence on Hovenden, , , , ; Othello Relating His Adventures (), ; paintings, , , ; style, , n.  The Cabinetmaker (), –,  Canaday, John,  Catching the Bee (Johnson; ),  Centennial Exposition, ,  charcoal drawings,  childhood, xiii, – Chinese immigrants, , n. , n.  Chloe and Sam (), – The Choir Director’sWidow (Cabanel; ), ,  Church near Pont-Aven from Finistère (), –, n.  CivilWar, , , , ‒ Cogitation (Woods; ),  Colonial Revival, , n.  Concarneau, Brittany, n. Cork (Ireland), ; emigrants from, n. Cork School of Design, , nn. ,  Corliss steam engine, , n.  Corson family: Quaker anti-slavery view, , , nn. ,  Corson, Helen, , , ;African American genre, –, ; photograph of, ; photography by, , , , , , n. ; photographing Hovenden at work, , ,  INDEX INDEX  ; Pont-Aven, , , n. , n. ; Uncle Ned and His Pupil (), ,  CountryWedding:BishopWhite Officiating (Krimmel; ),  Courbet, Gustave: influence on Hovenden, , n.  courtship genre: Death of Elaine, , –; Faint Heart NeverWon Fair Lady, , ; The Favorite Falcon , , ,  Cowboys in the Bad Lands (Eakins; ),  craftsman genre, –, ; The Cabinetmaker (), –; A Village Blacksmith (), –,  The Crisis (Dicksee; ),  Cushing, Frank Hamilton,  Dagnan-Bouveret, Pascal A. J.: An Accident (), ,  Dat Possum Smell Pow’ful Good (), ,  Death of Elaine (), , : costumes and models , ; criticism, ; interpretation, ; Study for (), ,  DemWas Good OleTimes (), , ,  Dicksee, Frank: The Crisis (),  domestic genre painting —African American paintings: The Banjo Lesson (), ; Goodbye,Old Virginia (), ; Negro Boy Dancing (), ; Sunday Morning in Virginia (), ; Uncle Ned and His Pupil (), , , n. ; A Visit from the Old Mistress (),  —African American paintings by Hovenden,: , –, –; Ain’tThat Ripe, ; banjo theme, –; Chloe and Sam, , , ; DemWas Good OleTimes, , , ; A Home Missionary, ; I’se So Happy! ; NeverToo Late to Mend, –; The Old Nurse’s Visit, ; Old Shaver, , ; public response, ; Sunday Morning, , , ; Taking His Ease, ; Their Pride, –; value of, n. , n. ; YoungWoman Holding a Cabbage, ; Youth Blowing Smoke Rings, ,  —American Impressionism, –, n. ; by Hovenden, , , , n.  —American paintings, ; The Breakfast Room, ; CountryWedding:BishopWhite Officiating, ; The Image Peddler, ; Mother and Child, ; Reading the Bible, n.  —American paintings by Hovenden, , , –, ; Breaking HomeTies, ; Bringing Home the Bride, –; Elderly CoupleWinding Wool, n. ; Jerusalem...

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