Catalogue of works of art ... also views of the summer and winter homes (1884)
Bement, William B, Memorial Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) · Philadelphia, Pa. : Commissioners of Fairmount Park · leaf 424
rsion of an oft-told story. The gallant whois about j)lacing on the ladys finger a token of their troth looks at her in franklove and admiration, while the bride-to-be, with eyes downcast, smiles and colorswith pleasure at his declarations. In the courtly environment of the lovers onereads of… … She laughs at his Folly. A. EGUSQTTIZA. This light-minded pair, an idle dame of fashion and her foppish caller, illustrate a phase of enervation and uselessness so discordant with the earnestnessof American life that one looks upon it with curiosity. The fop is, apparently,amusing the lady as much…
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Internet Archive · Philadelphia Museum of Art · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
