Art in America : a critical and historical sketch (1880)
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 123
e nothing picturesque and artistic in the Italian fruit venders atthe street corners, especially when after dark they light their smokingtorches, that waver with ruddy glow over brilliant masses of oranges andapples ? There is yet another scene which we often encounter, especially earlyin the… … DRESS PARADE. [j. G. BROWN.] by fours and fives with clanging tread, sometimes thirty or forty together,they present a stirring and powerful effect, which would thrill a Bonheuror a Schreyer. Why have none of our artists attempted to paint them ?Have we none with the knowledge or the power to…
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