Homes, haunts, and works of Rubens, Vandyke, Rembrandt, and Cuyp; the Dutch genre-painters; Michael Angelo and Raffaelle. Being a series of art-rambles in Belgium, Holland and Italy (1872)
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866 · New York : D. Appleton and co. · leaf 206
d by the Dutcha panacea for every complaint; and their arrival on their shores is hailed with so much joy, that the first who hears the newsgenerally makes it publicly known by hanging at his door aframe, decorated with evergreen flowers and coloured paper,in honour of the joyful event (Fig. 105).… … Fig. 105.—The Ilcning Sign. is constructed of red silk, covered with lace, and deeply fringed.The sex of the child is defined by a small piece of white paperplaced between the lace and cushion if it is a girl, but theabsence of all mark denotes a boy (Fig. 106). This custom hasother and solid…
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