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William Wilson (poet)
William Wilson (25 December 1801 – 25 August 1860) was a Scottish-American poet, bookseller and publisher. Biography Wilson was born in Perthshire, Scotland. At an early age he was imbued with a passionate love of poetry, derived from his mother, who sang the Jacobitism, Jacobite songs and ballads of her native land. While a boy he lost his father, the merchant's death being preceded by his failure in business. A bachelor uncle's fortune in Jamaica was in some way lost to his brother's children, for whom it was intended, so that Wilson's early life was accompanied by many deprivations, including the completion of his education. At 22, he became the editor of the Dundee ''Literary Olio'', a large proportion of which he wrote, in both prose and verse. By 1826, Wilson had married and moved with his wife to Edinburgh at the urging of influential friends; he became established in business, and joined the literary circle of John Wilson (Scottish writer), Christopher North. That sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Reich
Jacques Reich (10 August 1852 – 8 July 1923) was a Hungarian portrait Etching, etcher, active mainly in the United States. Biography He first studied art in Budapest. In 1873, he came to the U.S. and continued his studies at the National Academy of Design in New York City, New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1879, he went to Paris to study for a year under the noted painters William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury. In 1880, Reich returned to Philadelphia, and in 1885 moved to New York and established a studio there. For some years he devoted himself to portraits for ''Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography'', numbering over 2,000, and most of the portraits for ''Scribner’s Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings''. In addition he made many pen and ink illustrations for magazines and text books. In the early nineties, he turned to etchings on copper and specialized in this field for over 25 years. He etched and publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |