American artist, born at Philadelphia on the 6th of September 1855. His father, William Hood Stewart, was a distinguished collector of the fine arts, an early patron of Fortuny and the Barbizon artists, and lived in Paris during the latter part of his life. The son was a pupil of J. L. Gérôme, at the École des Beaux Arts, and of Raymondo de Madrazo. Among his principal paintings are “The Hunt Ball,” Essex Club, Newark, NJ; “Full Speed,” in James Gordon Bennett’s collection; “Five o’clock Tea,” and “Court in Cairo.” He died in Paris on the 4th of January 1919.
