Hart, James

MCDOUGAL, painter, born at Kilmarnock, Scotland, 1828. He was brought to America in childhood, his parents settling in Albany, N.Y. (1831), where he was apprenticed to a coach maker; subsequently studied art, visiting Du eldorf (1851), where he remained about a year; removed to New York (1856) and was elected an Academician (1859). He has made a specialty of the painting of castles and quiet landscapes. His works include: Autumn in the Woods; Moonrise in the A dir on dacks; Indian Summer; Sunday Afternoon in Berks hire, .