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 337
are so natural and expressive, that, as we studythe picture, we could almost imagine that we were actors in the scene. The two fathers-in-law, entirelyengrossed with the financial arrangements, are urging certain conditions on the lawyer, who, pen inhand, is listening Avith a serious and attentive… … GRACE BEFORE MEAT. PROM A PAINTING BY JAN STEEN. I have nothing to do with aU these mercenary calculations. The bride is evidently much affected bythis disinterested proof of attachment, and rewards her suitor with a look of unutterable love. Inpoint of expression, says Houbraken, this tableau is…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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