QUARTLEY, Frederick William, engraver, b. in Math. England, 5 July, 1808; d. in New York city. 5 April, 1874. lie adopted the profession of wood-engraving at sixteen years of age, studied in Wales and in Paris, and in 1853 came to New York city, where he connected himself with several pub- lishing-houses, ilia best-known work is in "Pic- turesque America" (New York, 1872), and "Pic- turesque Europe" (1875). He also painted with some success. Among his pictures are " Niagara Falls," " Butter-Milk Falls," and " Catskill Falls." His son, Arthur, artist, b. in Paris, France, 24 May, 1839; d. in New York city, 19 May, 1886. When he was two years old he was taken to Lon- don, where in 1848-'50 he studied at Westminster. He came to the United States in 1851, settling in New York, where he was later apprenticed to a sign-painter. Until 1802 he followed his trade in New York, after which he went to Baltimore, en- gaging in business for ten years. Meanwhile for some time he had devoted his leisure hours to the study of painting, although he never had any in- struction. He. opened a studio in 1873, and two years later returned to New York. He improved rapidly, and soon took a high place among Ameri- can marine-painters. He was elected an associate of the National academy in 1879, and an academician in 1886. In 1885 he visited Europe, remaining about one year, and returning a few months before his death. His more important paintings include " Morning Effect, North River " and " Close of a Slormv Day " (1877); "From a North River Pier- Head" and "An Afternoon in August" (1878); "Trinity from the River" (1880); "Queen's Birth- day " (1883); and " Lofty and Lowly " and " Dig- nity and Impudence " (1884).
QUASDANOVICH, Sigismond Mathias (quas-
dah-no-vitch'), Hungarian explorer, b. in Buda in
1742 ; d. in Vienna, Austria, in 1796. He received
his education in Vienna, and was afterward assist-
ant professor of botany in the university of that city.
In 1784 he was sent to the West Indies and South
America, and, obtaining from Charles III., after
some difficulties, permission to enter the Spanish
dominions, he explored for three years Cuba, Porto
Rico, Jamaica, and Santo Domingo. He went
afterward to Guiana, and returned in 1789 to
Vienna with important botanical collections, which
he presented to the Academy of sciences. Among
his works are " Reise durch Guiana " (Vienna,
1790); " Beschreibung der Insel Cuba" (1791);
" Hundert Tage auf Reisen in Porto Rico " (1791) ;
"Guiana Skizzen" (1792); " Geschichte und Zu-
stande der Indianer in Guiana " (1793) ; " Institu-
tiones regni vegetabilis " (1794) ; and " Historia
generalis plantarum Americanamm " (3 vols., 1795).
QUAY, Matthew Stanley, senator, b. in Dillsburg,
York co., Pa., 30 Sept., 1833. He was graduated
at Jefferson college, Pa., in 1850, began his
legal studies at Pittsburg, and was admitted to the
bar in 1854. He was appointed prothonotary of
Beaver county in 1855, in 1856 elected to the same
office, and re-elected in 1859. In 1861 he resigned
his office to accept a lieutenancy in the 10th
Pennsylvania reserves, and he was subsequently made
assistant commissary-general of the state with the
rank of lieutenant-colonel. Afterward he was
appointed private secretary to Gov. Andrew G.
Curtin, and in August, 1862, he was commissioned
colonel of the 134th Pennsylvania regiment. He
was mustered out, owing to impaired health, 7 Dec.,
1862, but participated in the assault on Marye's
Heights, 13 Dec., as a volunteer. He was
subsequently appointed state agent at Washington, but
shortly afterward was recalled by the legislature to
fill the office of military secretary, which was
created by that body. He was elected to the legislature
in October, 1864, in 1865, and 1866, and in 1869
he established and edited the Beaver “Radical.”
In 1873-'8 he was secretary of the commonwealth,
resigning to accept the appointment of recorder
of Philadelphia, which office he resigned in 1879.
In January, 1879, he was again appointed secretary
of the commonwealth, filling that post until
October, 1882, when he resigned. In 1885 he was
elected state treasurer by the largest vote ever
given to a candidate for that office, and in 1887
was chosen to the U. S. senate, and was in 1893
re-elected for a second term.
QUEEN, Walter W., naval officer, b. in Wash-
ington, D. C., 6 Oct., 1824 ; d. there, 24 Oct., 1893.
He entered the U. S. navy as a midshipman, was
attached to the frigate " Macedonian," and after-
ward to the sloop " Marion," of the West India
squadron, 1842-'3. During the Mexican war he
served in the frigates " Cumberland " and " Ohio,"
and was stationed in the fort at Point Isabel during
the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma,
taking part in the attacks on Alvarado, Tampico,
Tuxpan, and Vera Cruz. In 1847 he was promoted
to passed-midshipman, and in the following year
was dismissed from the service for fighting a duel,
but was reinstated in 1853. Two years later he
was commissioned lieutenant, and saw service in
the East and West India squadrons. He was on
special duty in the " Powhatan " at the re-enforce-
ment of Fort Pickens, and served nineteen days on
shore at the fort in charge of the boats of the fleet.
He was in command of a division of the mortar
flotilla under David D. Porter during the bom-
bardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. ,-iNo
during the attack on Vicksburg, when Flag-Officer
David G. Farragut first passed the batteries with
his fleet. He became a lieutenant-commander in
1862, was on ordnance duty in Washington and
with the North Atlantic squadron in 1862-'3, and
in command of the " Wyalusing" in 1863-'4. On
5 May, 1864, with that vessel, he engaged the Con-
federate ram " Albemarle," with her consorts the
" Bombshell " and the " Cotton-plant," compelling
them to seek refuge in the Roanoke river. He
became commander, with special duty in Hartford,
('nun., in 1866, and later served in the South Pa-
cific and North Atlantic squadrons. In 1873-'4
he was on duty in the Washington navy-yard, and
in 1878-'9 commanded the flag-ship " Trenton," on
the European station. His last service was as com-
mandant of the navy-yard, Washington, in 1885-'6.
He was commissioned captain in 1874, commodore
in 1883, and rear-admiral, 27 Aug., 1886, being
retired in the following October, after which date
he resided in the city of Washington.
QUEIPO, Vicente Vasqnez, Spanish statesman, b. in Luci, Galicia, in 1804. He received his education in Seville, where he was graduated in law, and entered the colonial magistracy. He was
for several years fiscal procurator in Havana, and always advocated the enfranchisement of the negroes in the island. In 1860 he was elected senator by the city of Seville, but he resigned after the
overthrow of Queen Isabella in 1868, and since that time has devoted his time to literary researches. He x has in preparation a history of Cuba. Queipo is a member of the Academy of sciences, and that of historical researches, of Madrid, and a correspond-
ing member of the Institute of France. Among his works are " Cuba, sus recursos su administracion y su populacion" (Madrid, 1850), translated into French in 1851, and " Essai sur le systeme metrique
et mniu'taire des anciens peuples" (1859).
