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French etchers of the second empire (1916)

Bradley, William Aspenwall, 1878-1939 · Boston, New York : Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 36

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furtherof Meryon as the true type of the accomplished aqua-fortiste, and praises the famous perspective of SanFrancisco as his masterpiece, does, indeed, betray thesubtle penetration of the poet into the very spirit of hisfellow-artist: By the severity, the delicacy, and thecertitude of his design,… … Bracquemond. Frontispiece for Les Fleurs du Mal of Baudelaire The seven plants symbolize the Seven Deadly Sins, and the outstretchedarms of the skeleton will support, later, the Fruits of Evil. This romanticand remarkable frontispiece was never used. Baudelaire criticized the draw-ing of the…

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