Durand, John, 1822-1908 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 66
fruit of this branch of the tree of knowledge is hisoriginal design and engraving of Musidora, his first effortat idealisation, and of which more will be said further on.How he occupied his leisure hours, of which he had very MUSI DORA. With timid eye aroundThe banks surveying, strippd her… … RECREATION. 39 few, there is no record, save my own recollection of whathe said about them from time to time during his life. Hisevenings were almost wholly devoted to drawing. Models atthis period could not be had—scarcely a plaster cast of anydescription ; engravings alone supplied him with forms…
Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886 · Art
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