Ward, John, 1832-1912, Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London : J. Murray · leaf 26
ng the many portraitsthat exist of the poets, orators, philosophers,dramatists and statesmen of the palmy daysof the great city. No portraits are found inGreece, all were^carried off to Rome to adorn thepalaces of the rich dilettanti of two thousandyears ago ; kind Nature in overwhelming Pompeiiand… … Lady with Sunshauk FROM TANAtiRA,(British Museum.) h 2 XX INTRODUCTORY Unfortunately of many of the greatest heroes and literary menof Greece no memorial remains. I have engraved about fifty of thebest specimens of these antique busts that can be identified. Hundredsof fine Greek heads exist in the…
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