American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 126
s satisfactory. The figures are toofew, and are placed in such detached positions that the effect of the group is less rich than itmight have been, and, as Mr. Van Brunt has justly remarked, the group is so small that in aninstant the motion of the waves will throw the whole into confusion, — a… … o El X I—I J Eh AMERICAN ART 105 the Discoverer to the New World is guided by Fortune at the helm, and Hope at the prow,while Science unrolls her scroll, and Faith, lightly floating, attends. The West blushes withpromise, and the sad-looking figure of the brave adventurer, who has abandoned his…
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