John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition: containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools (1858)
Cassell, John, 1817-1865 · London, W. Kent and co. · leaf 317
rocks which encircle this cataract, stands a fragile hut, reared upon the very brink of the boiling abyss.The frailty of this tenement, built by some hermit who preferred the rugged face of nature to thetreacherous smile of man, is in startling contrast with the mighty fury of the waters which… … OUTSKIRTS OP THE FOREST. FROM A PAINTING BY RUYSDAEL. penetrate into that narrow and embedded recess. The vegetation around is active and vigorous.Wherever even a few inches of soil cover the barrenness of the rock, there a tree has struck root. Of all the great masters of the Dutch school,…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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