| "I have just opened here, and the prospects seem
tolerably favorable in as much as there is wealth, taste, and a lack of pictures." (Junius to R.R. Spencer from Princeton, May 18, 1856) After taking two years off to help his father establish a farm on the
Illinois prairie, Junius became resident portraitist in the Bureau County seat, Princeton,
Illinois. By 1856 Junius' portrait production had arrived at the level of finish and
workmanship modeled for him by Moses Billings. His drawing was accurate. Head forms were
well-defined, with shading and coloring |
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