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1822 AD (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Designer and painter; born in Philadelphia June 23, 1822; evinced a taste for drawing at an early age, and while a lad in a mercantile house spent his leisure time in sketching.
For some of these he was offered a handsome sum, and this induced him to choose art as a life pursuit.
He spent several years in Philadelphia, always living by his pencil, and in 1848 he went to New York, where he made admirable illustrations for some of Irving's humorous works.
Among these were The legend of Sleepy hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
These works procured for him the reputation, at home and abroad, as a leader in the art of outline illustrations.
He illustrated a great many books and made numerous admirable designs for bank-notes.
For Cooper's works he made 500 illustrations.
More than sixty of them were engraved on steel.
He executed four large works ordered by Prince Napoleon while in this country.
These were: Emigrants attacked by Indians on the pr
June 23rd, 1822 AD (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Designer and painter; born in Philadelphia June 23, 1822; evinced a taste for drawing at an early age, and while a lad in a mercantile house spent his leisure time in sketching.
For some of these he was offered a handsome sum, and this induced him to choose art as a life pursuit.
He spent several years in Philadelphia, always living by his pencil, and in 1848 he went to New York, where he made admirable illustrations for some of Irving's humorous works.
Among these were The legend of Sleepy hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
These works procured for him the reputation, at home and abroad, as a leader in the art of outline illustrations.
He illustrated a great many books and made numerous admirable designs for bank-notes.
For Cooper's works he made 500 illustrations.
More than sixty of them were engraved on steel.
He executed four large works ordered by Prince Napoleon while in this country.
These were: Emigrants attacked by Indians on the p
1848 AD (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Designer and painter; born in Philadelphia June 23, 1822; evinced a taste for drawing at an early age, and while a lad in a mercantile house spent his leisure time in sketching.
For some of these he was offered a handsome sum, and this induced him to choose art as a life pursuit.
He spent several years in Philadelphia, always living by his pencil, and in 1848 he went to New York, where he made admirable illustrations for some of Irving's humorous works.
Among these were The legend of Sleepy hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
These works procured for him the reputation, at home and abroad, as a leader in the art of outline illustrations.
He illustrated a great many books and made numerous admirable designs for bank-notes.
For Cooper's works he made 500 illustrations.
More than sixty of them were engraved on steel.
He executed four large works ordered by Prince Napoleon while in this country.
These were: Emigrants attacked by Indians on the pr
1876 AD (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
1888 AD (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Designer and painter; born in Philadelphia June 23, 1822; evinced a taste for drawing at an early age, and while a lad in a mercantile house spent his leisure time in sketching.
For some of these he was offered a handsome sum, and this induced him to choose art as a life pursuit.
He spent several years in Philadelphia, always living by his pencil, and in 1848 he went to New York, where he made admirable illustrations for some of Irving's humorous works.
Among these were The legend of Sleepy hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
These works procured for him the reputation, at home and abroad, as a leader in the art of outline illustrations.
He illustrated a great many books and made numerous admirable designs for bank-notes.
For Cooper's works he made 500 illustrations.
More than sixty of them were engraved on steel.
He executed four large works ordered by Prince Napoleon while in this country.
These were: Emigrants attacked by Indians on the pr
March 27th, 1888 AD (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
James Fenimore Cooper (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Designer and painter; born in Philadelphia June 23, 1822; evinced a taste for drawing at an early age, and while a lad in a mercantile house spent his leisure time in sketching.
For some of these he was offered a handsome sum, and this induced him to choose art as a life pursuit.
He spent several years in Philadelphia, always living by his pencil, and in 1848 he went to New York, where he made admirable illustrations for some of Irving's humorous wor ome of the more elaborate pictures on the United States government bonds were made by him; and also the beautiful design of the certificate of stock given as evidence of subscription for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876.
Among his later works in book illustrations were 500 beautiful designs for Lossing's Our country. Mr. Darley went to Europe near the close of the war, studied models in Rome, and returned with a portfolio full of personal sketches.
He died in Claymont, Del., March 27, 1888.
Charles Dickens (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Washington Irving (search for this): entry darley-felix-octavius-carr
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Designer and painter; born in Philadelphia June 23, 1822; evinced a taste for drawing at an early age, and while a lad in a mercantile house spent his leisure time in sketching.
For some of these he was offered a handsome sum, and this induced him to choose art as a life pursuit.
He spent several years in Philadelphia, always living by his pencil, and in 1848 he went to New York, where he made admirable illustrations for some of Irving's humorous works.
Among these were The legend of Sleepy hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
These works procured for him the reputation, at home and abroad, as a leader in the art of outline illustrations.
He illustrated a great many books and made numerous admirable designs for bank-notes.
For Cooper's works he made 500 illustrations.
More than sixty of them were engraved on steel.
He executed four large works ordered by Prince Napoleon while in this country.
These were: Emigrants attacked by Indians on the pr