BECKWITH, JAMES CARROLL Ameri can portrait-painter, was born at Hannibal (Mo.), on Sept. 23, 1852. He studied at the National Academy of Design, New York city, and in Paris (1873-78) under Carolus Duran. Returning to the United States in 1878, he gradually became a prominent figure in American art. He took an active part in the formation of the Fine Arts Society, and was president of the National Free Art League, which attempted to secure the repeal of the American duty on works of art. Among his portraits are those of W. M. Chase (1882), of Miss Jordan (1883), of Mark Twain, T. A. Janvier, Gen. Schofield and William Walton. In 19o4 he ex hibited at St. Louis "The Nautilus" and a portrait of Mrs. Beckwith. Yale university, Johns Hopkins university, and the New York public library have examples of his works, and the New York public library has a collection of his crayon and pencil drawings. He died in New York on Oct. 24, 1917.