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Line & form (1921)

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : G. Bell · leaf 142

An illustration from Line & form, 1921, leaf 142
tended to suggest cupboard love, and there isa portentously large pitcher of ale in reserve onthe bench. But note the clever arrano^ement ofthe masses and lines, and how the lines of the 122 VALUE OF RECURRINC; LINEseat and the curves of the terminating scroll arere-echoecl in the lines of the… … arched recess in the curves of the wings whichfollow it. There is also a charming corbel of a half-figureof an angel, which, though somewhat defaced,shows the architectural sense very strongly in itsdesign—the vertical droop of the wing-feathersinclosing the figure repeating and continuing…

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