American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 70
the TigrisBy Bagdats shrines of fretted gold, such a scene as this would undoubtedly present itself in The Great Pavilion of the Caliphat : — The fourscore windows all alightAs with the quintessence of flame,A million tapers flaring brightFrom twisted silvers lookd to shameThe hollow-vaulted dark,… … Drawn cy Walter Shirlaw. — Engraved by William Miller. WALTER SHIRLAW. Chapter Fourth. SHREWD, far-sighted, and admirable man and artist, is theconclusion that one arrives at after studying Shirlaw andhis works; — graciously firm, courageous without bravado,independent with a purpose, self-reliant,…
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