American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 415
made, let us suppose, of each separatefigure; and then the whole put together and well painted, — for it is well painted,—and yetthe whole has no power to affect us in any way, or to resemble anything we have everseen, or to bring any scene before us as it ought actually to have happened. Now, Mr.… … SHOOTING THE RAPIDS. PHOTO-ETCHING FROM AN ORIGINAL PAINTING W. L. TAYLOR. Rafting on a swollen, turbulent river is indeed exciting. From the way the water flies up infront, and whirls at the side of this log raft, one can see that it is travelling at a tremendous pace.The men on the front are…
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