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Isham, Samuel. History of American painting. *$5. Macmillan.
“For the student no one could be a more inspiriting or a safer guide than Mr. Isham is, among the painters who flourished before the middle of the nineteenth century. Mr. Isham is ... the first to write a history of American painting on a generous scale, and with modern research.” Royal Cortissoz.
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