Modern paintings as seen and described by great writers (1911)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, compiler, editor · New York : Dodd, Mead & Company · leaf 196
e Aurele Meissonier; but possibly havingcalled attention to a point which seems so far to have escapedthe notice of French biographers, we may arouse the interestof such as hojd that the seeds of genius are not self-sown inthe soil which brings them to perfection. When only a fewyears old, like his… … 18H I43 Ville, and near to the picturesque centre of old Paris. As anexterne of a school in Rue des Francs Bourgeois, the youngprovincial lad would have found himself, in his daily walksto and fro, constantly coming in contact with spots whichrecalled the most dramatic events of French history from…
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![An illustration from XIXe [i.e. Dix-neuvième] siècle (en France); classes - moeurs - usages - costumes - inventions. Ouvrage illustré d'un front. chromotypographique, de 16 planches coloriées aux patrons, de 36 entetes et lettres ornées et de 487 gravures (dont 24 tirées hors texte) d'après les principaux artistes du siècle (1893)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-xixeiedixneuvi00granuoft-404-278.webp)
