Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 213
dinkstands under their heels, have not, as yet, resounded 9 I30 Paris. in a building that seems fit only for the presence ofgentlemen. The present building is in its main features a repro-duction of that which existed before 1871, but it isnot a slavish reproduction; and a comparison betweenthe two… … THE HOTEL DE VILLE IN I583. FROM A DRAWING BY JACQUES CELLIER. and in good general proportions, but still leaving roomfor improvement in other ways; and then suppose thatan artist of riper knowledge and more cultivated tastegoes over the drawing, pencil in hand, and shows howthe ideal which the…
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