Art overleaps all political barriers and has a common con-
cern for all sensitive people. In Robert Field, miniaturist, portrait painter and engraver, England, the United States and Canada may each take a lively interest. He was trained at the Royal Academy schools and migrated to Philadelphia in 1794, where he became one of the most popular artists in America and painted a series of miniatures of the Washingtons that are now greatly prized. The high esteem in which his work is held on the other side of the Atlantic may be judged from the fine monograph, Robert Field, which Mr. Harry Piers, of the Halifax Museum, has written and Mr. F. F. Sherman, of New York, has published in a very small edition ($20). The numerous photogravures attest the strength and charm of Field's portraits, especially the miniatures.
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