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652 Painting likenesses of men are lacking in power. His pupil, John Neagle (1799 — 1865), of Philadelphia, also produced por- traits which were not without merit. Edward G. Malbone (1777—1807), a native of Newport, in his short career of thirty years executed some charming works in miniature painting. The Hours by him, now in the Athenaeum at Providence, is full of grace and poetry. John Vanderlyn (1776 — 1852), who was born at King- ston, New York, went in 1803 to Europe, and was in Paris and at Rome (where he lived in the house formerly owned by Salvator Rosa), the friend and companion of Allston. In Rome he painted, in 1807, his famous Marius sitting on the ruins of Carthage, to which Napoleon personally awarded the prize medal in the Salon of 1808. His next best picture was a Sleeping Ariadne, in the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts; and he also executed numerous portraits. Washington Allston (1779 — 1843), who is generally considered the chief painter of the American School, was a native of Waccamaw in South Carolina. After the completion of his university career at Harvard, he went to London in 1801, and at once entered the Royal Academy schools, where he became acquainted with his fellow- countryman West, who was then president. In 1804, Allston went with Vanderlyn to Paris, and thence to Rome, where in the following year he painted his Joseph's Dream. At Rome, Allston commenced with Washington Irving a friendship which lasted for life. He also became acquainted with Coleridge, and the Danish sculptor, Thor- waldsen. In 1809, he returned to America, married a sister of Dr. Channing, and then went again to London, where he produced his Dead Man revived by the bones of