JERVIS MCENTEE (1828-1891) Painter An incurable name dropper, Hudson River School painter Jervis McEntee frequently mentions artists Sanford R. Gifford, Eastman Johnson, John F. Weir, Edwin Booth, J. Q. A. Ward, Worthington Whittredge, his teacher Frederic E. Church, and others. In his entry for April 7, 1874, McEntee describes varnishing day at the National Academy of Design and the all-important placement of paintings: "I feel that I have had a decided snub at the hands of the hanging committee David Johnson, [Carl Ludwig] Brandt, and Irving who took good care to have all their pictures on the line. It has made me feel a little depressed but I try to be philosophical. Poor Weir was most shamefully treated and was utterly cast down. His picture is hung over another in a dark corner and as he is an Academician and had sent only this picture I regard is as a downright insult." A die-hard representative of the National Academy's old guard, McEntee also comments at length on such subjects as the art market, patrons and collectors, his residence in the Tenth Street Studio Building, the Century Club, and the encroachment of European influences. Jervis McEntee Papers. Gift of Mrs. Helen S. McEntee, 1964.