Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 · New York, S. Hess · leaf 116
A CORNER OF THE MARKET-PLACE. FROM THE PICTURE BY E. J. POYNTER. giimly out upon the fast receding shore. E. J. Poynter has, in these latter days, left such apicture as Faithful unto Death somewhat behind him. It was painted in 1865, and recallsthe familiar story of the Roman sentinel assigned to… … ZlltiR-i:L cY IHARLE^ JOUSEN LOCHABER NO MORE ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. 89 who died at his post—in the fatal eruption of Vesuvins in a.u. 79—rather than leave it with-out orders. Poynter was born in Paris in 1836. His father was an English architect, and heis the grandson of Thomas Banks, an…
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