Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 340
ous than fora companyof generalsand civil ser-vants to in-sist on designing a statue. It is a misera-ble thing to have to confess, but thetruth is that on nearly every occasionwhen a committee has had to select adesign, whether for a building or for aless utilitarian work of art, in England,it has… … FIG. 576.—THE YOUTHOF ORPHEUS,(j. M. SWAN.) Plaster. know a good thing when theysaw it. During the last fewyears, happily, a truer theoryon such matters has shownsigns of coming to the front,and the twentieth century mayturn out to be less a record oflost opportunities than the nine-teenth. Before…
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