to strike his fancy. He had a little workshop built in the
yard, and there he would keep himself busily employed. He never considered
his old blocks worth preserving, and frequently cut up the larger ones
to kindle the fire.
He was remarkably conscientious, and would never consent
to receive more than what he considered a fair price for his work. The
late Evert A. Duyckinck, in a letter to a friend, tells of a contract the
doctor had made to do a certain amount of map work for a stipulated price.
When the work was finished he refused to accept the sum agreed upon, as
the engraving had not taken as much time as he expected.
Dr. Anderson was also a good miniature painter, and in
his early life was frequently employed in that capacity. He painted daintily
on ivory the portraits of all his daughters when they were young women,
that of Mrs. Lewis, the youngest, being particularly fine.
His retiring an bashful disposition caused him to shrink
as much as possible from the companionship of the prominent men with whom
he was brought in contact; but professional duties compelled him to see
them more or less, and he made, almost without his own volition, many warm
friends,
