Modern paintings as seen and described by great writers (1911)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, compiler, editor · New York : Dodd, Mead & Company · leaf 168
scended to him, even indirectly, from any ofhis forbears. His strong artistic bent would seem to be analtogether spontaneous growth, a notable one in any case, butin this one the more so as it did not burst forth until compar-atively late in life. His earlier years were void of the slight-est… … THE MIRROR OF VENUS I2i it is called. Here he worked diligently at the usual studiesand gained an intimate acquaintance with classic literature,together with an unusual passion for it which he nourishedthroughout his life. When in 1852 he won an exhibitionwhich gave him the means of entering Exeter…
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