Notes

• "The contents of this book also appear in the Proceedings of the American antiquarian society, volume 105, part 1, April 1995"–T.p. verso
• "These papers– with the exception of one– were prepared for The Cultivation of Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, a conference held at the Amerian Antiquarian Society, April 30-May 2, 1993"–Jacket
• These papers - with one exception - were prepared for The Cultivation of Artists in Nineteenth-Century America, a conference held at the American Antiquarian Society, April 30-May 2, 1993, to celebrate Diana Korzenik’s gift of the Cross Family Art Archive to AAS. Subsequently this gift of works by three siblings from Manchester, New Hampshire, that includes their childhood drawings and instructional works, the proofs of their wood engravings, and oils and watercolors done as adults, was augmented with other materials relating to the history of the family and its artists. Taken together, the conference papers trace the transformation of art in America for its consumers and the evolution of working in art