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WILLIAM T. SMEDLEY (1858-1920) "The Café at Old Delmonico's." First published in Vignettes of Manhattan, by Brander Matthews (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894). Watercolor & gouache on board. Signed "W.T. Smedley" in lower right. Later published in a collection of Smedley's illustrations, Life and Character: Drawings by W. T. Smedley, A. N. A. (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899) with accompanying text by A. V. S. Anthony. Caption: "This cafe, which was the haunt of so many of the bon vivants is now a dream of the past. It is a question if another such gathering-place will be found in our generation."
