the deserved jot / a decided if non-dazzling personality

WWII German ship camouflage

Above Dutch photograph of a World War II, dazzle-camouflaged German ship (1944). Hypothetical colors applied, using AI, it should not be assumed to be historically accurate. Note that the camouflage application had not yet been completed.

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John Walker Harrington, HART, THE RELENTLESS SCRUTINIZER OF AMERICAN PORTRAITS: He destroyed some illusions, but he helped to increase the fame of our early artists, in The New York Sun, August 8, 1918—

Charles Henry Hart, sharp of eye and agile of wit, never gave up an opinion once formed on full investigation, and he was beloved and hated according to the way his views chanced to square or clash with those with whom he came in contact. As one who knew him, I am venturing to write these lines about him because nobody misunderstood him, and therefore, taken all in all, he was a most unpopular man. There is danger, owing to his decided personality, and also because in these days art has given way to dazzle and camouflage, that the great service which this man did for American art will be forgotten for a time. Likewise, fifty years from now there is no likelihood of posterity neglecting to give every jot of credit he deserved to Charles Henry Hart. [As of today, it has been over one hundred years since Harrington wrote this, and there is neither hide nor hair of Hart—nor of Harrington.]