Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 · New York, S. Hess · leaf 174
yond any direct resemblance to those we know,it happened, unfortunately for Mr. Frith, that he painted both these pictures at a time whenthe dress of women, especially that of the higher classes, was uglier and less amenable toartistic treatment than it had ever been before, and, we may almost say,… … THE RAILWAY STATION. FROM THE PICTURE BY WILLIAM POWELL FRITH. reason for the neglect into which Friths art has fallen is to be found in the want of realityand nature in his pictures as a whole, in spite of a nearer approach to nature in the parts.Not only do we find them overcrowded with incident,…
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