American painters: with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood (1879)
Sheldon, George William, 1843-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 291
rnamented, if possible, with frescoes; the vestibule enlivened by rnar-ble statues, and the rooms too. The upholsterer had done his best: he hadordered carpets from Lyons, mirrors from Venice, furniture from Paris. Thatwas ii»f enough. Herr So-and-so, who represented a rival firm, had as… … <a<> u ■v. < ! a -3k ^ ^£> tnZ < -i K 8 0 2« U ^ K *0 | hZ D0 2 ALBERT BI ERST AD T. 1 19 painter asked fifteen thousand tbalers. I will give you twenty thousand ifyou will set to work to-day. Every child knows the story. Such argumentswere irresistible; those were halcyon days…
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