Word: charcoal
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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There is a charming bit of poetry called "The Charcoal Man," written by Trowbridge, in which the honest hero is pictured as coming home after shouting his familiar cry since early morn, and listening to the never-failing echo, and as he enters the room, he bends over the baby's crib, and whispers "charco' " in the little ear. The youngster cooing with delight, tosses up his arms, and echoes "harko' " just as the hills had been doing all day long. Now, why cannot one of our homely poets immortalize a scene in the organ-grinder's life...
...WILLIAM WARE delivered an exceedingly interesting lecture before the Art Club on last Tuesday evening. The subject of the lecture was "Charcoal Drawing," and the remarks of the lecturer were illustrated by about thirty sketches done in charcoal, some by students of the Cooper Institute, New York, others at the industrial schools of Paris, while some were drawn under Mr. Ware's direction at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...