. . . . . . "Through the early exertions of the critic John Neal (1793-1876), each exhibition included a fine arts department that organized displays of works by such artists as Gilbert Stuart, Alvan Fisher, Thomas Doughty, Fitz Hugh Lane, William Hart, Samuel Colman, Eastman Johnson, Charles Codman, John Rollin Tilton, Harrison Bird Brown, Charles D. Cole, Maria ?? Becket, John Bradley Hudson Jr., and Benja" . .