From Seven to Seventy: Memories of a Painter and a Yankee

xiv, [4], 344 pp. 8vo. An autobiography by the American impressionist painter known for his murals, particularly those commissioned by the Criminal Courthouse at 100 Centre Street in Manhattan, the Waldorf Astoria New York hotel, the Library of Congress in Washington, and the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul. Includes a frontispiece portrait of the author drawn by Will Simmons, three black-and-white photographic plates, and eight plates from pencil drawings and paintings by the author, including: Mary Emerson (Ripley) Simmons; The Carpenter's Son; Justice; The Three Fates; Melpomene; January; The Return of the Flags; Cleansing the Soil of the Bad Elements.