lack of demand, ~1~, 196
Adams portrait, 196
portrait painting in New Hampshire (1816-17), 197, 201-209, 213
settles down to portrait painting, 200, 217
as portrait painter, 200, 216, 258, 438
on painting quacks, 206
portrait painting at Portsmouth, 210-212
Langdon portrait, 211
at Charleston (1818-21), 214-217, 219-226, 229-237
and J.A. Alston, 215, 224, 226, 233
voyage to Charleston (1818), 219
on R.A. for Allston, 222
Monroe portrait, 222, 226, 234
thinks of settling at Charleston, 223
at Washington (1819), 226, 227
(1821), 240; (1824), 265
(1825), 261
trouble over Mrs. Ball's portrait, 231-234
and Academy at Charleston, 236, 236
trip through Berkshires (1821), 238, 239
painting of House of Representatives, 240-242, 262
gift to Yale (1822), 242
DeForest portrait, 243
search for work, absence from home (1823), 244
(1824), 257
at Albany, lack of success there, 245-249
Moss Kent portrait, 246
plans for settling at New York, 246-249
James Kent portrait, 248, 250
and advancement of arts, 249
studios at New York, 249, 257, 274, 291
initial failure there (1823), 249-252
and Mexican mission, 252-256
journey from New York to Washington (1824), 255
successful establishment at New York (1824-25), 257-261, 269, 270
pupils, 257, ~2~, 150, 156, 162
Lafayette portrait, ~1~, 260-262, 264, 270, 272, 286
Dr. Smith portrait, 261
on election of Adams (1825), 263
Stanford portrait, 270
and founding of National Academy of Design, 276-282, 284
as president of Academy, 280, ~2~, 33
lectures and addresses on fine arts, ~1~, 281, 284, 285
pecuniary effect of connection with Academy, 281
as historical painter, 281
informal literary club, 282, ~2~, 451
electioneering (1826), ~1~, 288
painting for steamer, 288
annual address before Academy (1827), review and rejoinder, 289
and annual exhibition (1828), 291
casts for the Academy, 384
divisions of life, 434
art ambition and trials, 434
Huntington's estimate of, as artist, 435-437
color theory and experiments, 436
influence of Allston, 436
results of distractions, 436
Isham's estimate, 437, 438
hopes on return from abroad (1832), ~2~, 3, 20
on New York (1833), 22, 24
on art instruction as his future, 23, 24
on nullification, 23, 24