The New-York Historical Society than one was helped through his finding a job and lodging for them, and his frequent dinner invitations made sure that his gifted but poor pupils should be properly fed. He had little to share, but that he gave with all his heart. In i8g4, during a visit to Europe, Thomas S. Noble was honored by the Academie Julien of Paris, because of his personal reputation as artist and teacher. For the first time, M. Julien recognized an American art school by offering a free scholarship to that pupil of Thomas Noble who should, in that year, win the traveling scholarship from the Cincinnati Art Academy. Charles Winter was the recipient. Several other honors came to Noble during his career, among them election to honorary membership in the Western Artists' Association, in October, igo4, after his retirement as Professor Emeritus. During the thirty-six years that he was at the head of the Cincinnati art school, Noble found time to paint many pictures, and literally hundreds of sketches in oils, pencil, and charcoal. Many of the sketches were unfinished, but they showed better than his great paintings the philosophy, human qualities, and humor of the artist. Unfortunately a large number of them were destroyed or damaged by a fire in ig25- Among the pictures painted while he was in Cincinnati were: the second version (already mentioned) of "The Slave Market," "Via Crucis," "Forgiven," "Nemesis," ^'Idle Dreams," "Idle Capital," "Rebellion," "The Tramp," "Cleaning Antiques," "Winter Quarters," "The Duenna," "The Peacock," "Temptation," "The Sibyl," "The Jester," "The Rehearsal," "Grandfather's Story," "The Blind Man of Paris," and "The Polish Exile." The last-named was awarded honorable mention with medal at the Cotton States and International Exposition. All of Noble's pictures show a careful attention to correct detail, in addition to masterly drawing, composition, and color. "Via Crucis," picturing a Trappist monk, was painted — 120 —