Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Sewell gosipụtara "A Pastoral", "A Sylvan Festival", na "Pleasures of the Past" na Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ngosi n'etiti December 21, 1896 <unk> February 22, 1897. O ritere ọla nchara na 1901 Pan-American Exposition, ọla ọcha na 1902 Charleston Exposition na South Carolina, ọla nchara na 1904
St. Louis Exposition, na Thomas B. Clarke onyinye maka kacha mma ọgụgụ mejupụtara na 1904 National Academy nke Design ngosi na New York maka "The Sacred Hecatomb". Ihe osise ahụ, nke "The Independent" kpọrọ ọrụ "dị mkpa", na-egosi ụmụ agbọghọ na ụmụaka ndị Gris na-agba egwú ka ha na-edu ìgwè ehi na-aga ịchụ àjà. "Harper's Weekly" kwuru, sị, "Ụdị ndị a na-enwe obi ụtọ, na-agagharị n'ala ahịhịa nke ìhè anyanwụ na-abanye na ya, na-adọrọ mmasị na agba na ije ije, na dị ka otu ihe osise ịchọ mma a tụụrụ ime ma rụọ ya nke ọma, ọ dị iche na nchịkọta ahụ". Ọ bụ nwanyị mbụ nwetara nnukwu ihe nrite na National Academy.