Cranch, Caroline A
artist, daughter of Christopher Pearse Cranch.
She paints figure pieces with success, and has a large clientage in Cambridge, Mass.
CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE, clergyman, artist, poet, was born March 8, 1813, in Alexandria, Va. His best known poem, Thought, was written for The Dial. His work as a poet is uneven, but at its best is excellent. It never strongly appealed to popular tastes, but was always appreciated by thoughtful minds. He is the author of Poems, 1844; The Bird and the Bell, and Other Poems; Ariel and Caliban, and Other Poems; Satan: a Libretto; The AEneid in English Blank Verse. The Last of the Huggermuggers; and Kobboltzo, are juvenile prose tales. He died Jan. 20, 1892, in Cambridge, Mass.