CLOVER, Lewis P., painter, born in New York City, 20 February, 1819. He was educated in New York and at the College of St. James, Maryland. Under the instruction of William Page he studied painting, and afterward engraving for three years under Asher born Durand. After this he adopted painting as a profession and followed it successfully for several years in New York and Baltimore. He was elected an associate of the National academy of design in 1840. Through the influence of Chief-Justice Taney he was led to enter the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church, was ordained deacon in 1850, and afterward entered the priesthood. He has been rector of churches in Lexington, Virginia, Springfield, Illinois, and elsewhere. In 1858 he received the degree of D. D. from the University of Kentucky. The titles of some of his best-known paintings are "The Rejected Picture," "The Idle Man," "Repose by Moonlight," and "The Phrenologist." These were all exhibited in the National academy of design. The American reprint of Burnet's "Practical Hints on Composition in Painting" (Philadelphia, 1853) was edited by Dr. Clover, who furnished the etchings that illustrate the book. He has published numerous sermons and addresses, notably one on the death of Chief Justice Taney (1864), which is largely quoted in Tyler's memoirs.