Painter Lemuel Wilmarth was the first full - time instructor Gulian C. Verplanck gave an address at the school in 1824 .
Gulian C. Verplanck is a Congressman and a man of letters .
Painter Lemuel Wilmarth was the first full - time instructor Gulian C. Verplanck , a Congressman and a man of letters , gave an address at the school in 1824 .