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Beckwith, James Carroll

painter, was born Sept. 23, 1852, in Hannibal, Mo. He is a son of N. M. Beckwith, who was United States_commissioner-general at the international exhibition of Paris in 1867. He studied art for two years in the national academy, New York, and for five years in the Paris school of arts.

His works include Judith, portraits exhibited at the New York academy of design, and The Falconer, sent to the Paris exposition of 1878. He received a medal from the Universal exposition in Paris in 1889.