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Show TO PAINT KAISER'S SON , JilWA J,r8' Ilut'1 Jowott Hurgess, wlfo of Prof. John oWuwjw w HursesB, Roosevelt lecturer at tho Unlvorslty HBa Whil VOww of ',er"n' nas uoon commissioned to paint a por- HBb iww tra,t of 1r,"c0 Augustus Wllhelm, fourth son ot HBb y ww limr,oror Wllllnm of Germany. "VA1 jwAl yyy JIrs- Hurgeas wus born In Montpollor, Vt., 42 AVJ wyf vJ w yenrs nB' aml wns tno on'y cMiA of IIon- T- p 'Myl. ylvV Jowot a leading bunker nnd flnnnclor of Vcr- t"&ZJWtf. mo"t " t"orallon aB- Early In llfo sho showed) HAh WM Jf wW n (,ccl',0ll tu,ont for ar'i n"d this was fostorod' f3VUrA an'' developed., Thomns W. Wood, for many yenrs HjHJ Wwm7&? 'MW l'rt's,tlent of 11,0 Notional Academy of Design of HBb 'WM7. X'A rsew Yl,r,:' wll Wft8 n native of Montpollor nnd" HAb 'HWfrji " j? tn" funJer f tno Wood art gallery In this clty.l W) i ' tT ) early took notlco of Miss Jowett's talents and! V'f ' HJJ under Ills instructions sho devolopod romarkablo BAl Whllo In Now YorV with her husband, when ho was professor of con-' stltutlonnl nnd International law nt Columbia university, sho studied undor BB William J. Whlttcmoro and Kcnyon Cox of thnt city. HBb During tho past ton years Mrs. Burgess hns been abroad sovoral times, studying under tho best nrt Instructors and copying from tho old masters In , BBa tho famous galleries of tho old world. HBl During tho past wlater whllo her husband was engaged In his duties at tho University of Ilcrllu, Mrs. Durgess has been copying several celebrated pictures In tho Knlser Frledrlch museum nnd tho Knlscr Frlcdrlch Dcnknial, BBl tho prlvato galleries of the emperor. While engaged In this work her paint- Ing attracted tho notlco of Emperor William nnd tho commission to paint tho BBi portrait of his son followed, Mrs. Burgess Inherited a largo property from her father, much of which sho has dovoted to charltnblo purposes. Sho wns much interested lu tho foundling of the Wood nrt pnllcry In Montpollor, Vt., which was presented to thnt city by Thomas W Wood lu tho hanging there of more than 100 BBi famous products of his brush. Prof. Ilurgcss hns been u tnistco ot this art gallery since Its Inception. |