John Ruskin; a sketch of his life, his work, and his opinions, with personal reminiscences (1900)
Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry), 1858-1948, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Black arts · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott · leaf 172
at nothing remained but a com-manding magnetic personality, the sweetnessof whose merry, fascinating smile, and the viva-cious, deeply sympathetic expression of whosebright blue eyes removed at once all sense ofsize or comparative diminutiveness. It is, perhaps, to be deplored that the headand… … JOHN RUSKIN, 1882. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BARRaUD. (See p. ibg.) THE PORTRAITS OF RUSKIN. 169 would have been impossible for me to attemptit, said he, for I should have felt paralysed inRuskins presence. Several artists of distinc-tion have set those features on canvas, mouldedthem in clay, and…
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Art
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