Akers brothers : a brief sketch concerning those American artists, ca. 1900 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Typescript of speech presented by Staples before the Art History Club at a meeting of that organization in Winona relating to the lives and works of Benjamin Paul Akers, the sculptor, and of the artist, Charles Akers. Part of this taken from a volume The Poets of Maine (1888), part from certain encyclopedic and other writings, and part from personal observation and acquaintance of the writer. Includes information on John Neal. Benjamin Paul Akers was born at Saccarappa (Westbrook), Me. July 10, 1825. His brother was Charles Akers and his wife, Elizabeth Akers Allen