Disraeli IsaacABAA
Durward, BI [Bernard Isaac] B IBiblio.com
Poems
1882201215<p>Milwaukee Wisconsin: by author 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. 8vo. Signed. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to front cover printed endpapers 107 pp. Inscribed by author "W.A. Durward Presented by his Dear Brother B.I. Durward March - 1883." W.A.'s ownership inscription on leaf prior. Front endpaper & first leaf detached edgewear to book. Bernard Durward brought his family to Wisconsin in 1845 lived at Neosho Milwaukee and finally at Durward's Glen his rural retreat near Merrimac. He early established himself as a portrait painter of notable Milwaukee figures. His paintings especially the monochrome "Crucifixion" the "St. Francis de Sales" the "Bishop Henni" and later pictures of fruit and flowers show decided attention to texture and composition. Following his conversion to Catholicism in 1851 he was the first teacher of English at St. Francis Seminary. Durward edited the unique Milwaukee Catholic Magazine 1875 published an early volume of poetry Wild Flowers of Wisconsin 1872 Poems 1882 and Cristofero Colombo 1887 all of which show lyric and imaginative ability. P. Butts Art in Wis. Madison 1936; M. T. Durward ed. Durward's Glen Madison 1938; B. I. Durward Poems . . . Baraboo 1917; P. L. Johnson Crosier on the Frontier Madison 1959 Wisconsinhistory.org</p> by author hardcover
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