Art and Handcraft in the Woman's Building
of the World's Columbian Exposition

IN THE WOMAN’S BUILDING. 53 Then there was Anne Killegrew, of whom Dryden wrote she— * “ perfectly could represent The shape, the face with every lineament.” She was also— “ A grace for beauty, a muse for wit.” Caroline Watson’s engravings are very fine, and compare favor- ably with her contemporary, Bartolozzi’s. Madam Vigée-Lebrun’s portraits are all charming, some of them great, and, as some one has recently said, “preserve to us the thoughts and aspirations of the women of 1775-1789.” Angelica Kauffman—Miss Angel, as the English called her— is familiar to all the world. Every honor that it was possible to SUGGESTION FOR REREDOS. Mrs. Kenyon Cqx. United States. bestow upon an artist was hers. From praising her work too much the world lias come to praising it too little, but it is certain that for her time her pictures were remarkable. Her etchings are consid- ered very fine, and are much sought after. It is impossible in so little space to tell of all the famous women painters and their achievements—women whose works are precious to the cognoscenti, if not household words to “ the one who wanders about.” One of the many interesting exhibits in the W oman s Building’ is a comprehensive collection of etchings and engravings. It includes examples of the earliest work of women in this field, beginning' with, that of Marie di Médicis and Diana Ghisi, and ending with the admirable productions of Caroline Watson, Mary Cassatt, Louise Abbema, Mrs. Moran, Mrs. Getcher, and Mme. Bracquemond.