American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 481
ures in oils and in water-colors. The firstof these finished productions were the Harbor of Seville, the Tower of Giralda, and the Bayof Gibraltar, concerning the last-named of which a critic wrote at the time of its exhibitionthat, while the subject is not a promising one for picturesque… … The Tower of St. Marks. Drawn by Colman. depicted the rock as a distant object, darkly gleaming in a stormy sky, Colman, not caringto follow either of these distinguished precedents, shows us the grand old historical monument,on a tranquil summers day, lifting its majestic summit from a calm,…
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