American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 462
neath the banks the black moor-hen lurks, or a stately heron watches for his prey. Beyondthe brook roll rich red fallows, now flushed with the pale green of growing wheat, or golden withripening grain. The farmhouse and buildings make a point of vivid color in the picture, their crudered toned down… … Johnnys Picture. Drawn by Peirce. Tradition or trustworthy record has entwined the names of many famous personages in the annalsof Warwickshire. To mention a few of these we find that Long Compton is associated with a won-drous miracle wrought by Saint Augustine, who had been sent from Rome by…
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