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Lewis, Edmund Darch

artist, was born Oct. 17, 1837, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Up to 1876 he worked principally at landscape painting, but since then has devoted himself to marine views. Among his works are Queen of the Antilles; Valley of the Umri; Autumn on the Susquehanna; Midday on Lake George; Fairmount Park; Bass Rocks after a Storm; Indian Rock of an Afternoon; and The Casino at Narragansett Pier.

LEWIS, EDWARD PARKE CUSTIS, soldier, planter, state legislator, diplomat, was born Feb. 7, 1837, in Audley, Va. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the confederate army; and served throughout the war, rising to the rank of colonel. In 1875 he settled in Hoboken, N. J.; and in 1877 was elected a member of the New Jersey house of delegates.

He died Sept. 3, 1892, in Hoboken, N. J.