Fors clavigera. Letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain (1900)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston, Jefferson Press · leaf 93
with me what one of Giottos friends says ofher—a rude versifier, oneof the twangling harp-ers ; as Giotto was a poorpainter for low price, andwith colours ground byhand ; but such cheapwork must serve our turnfor this time ; also, here,is portrayed for you * oneof the ministering angelsof the… … * Engraved, as also the woodcut in the April number, carefully afterHolbein, by my coal-waggon-assisting assistant: but he has missed hismark somewhat, here ; the imps abortive hands, hooked processesonly, like Envys, and pterodactylous, are scarcely seen in their clutchof the bellows, and there…
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