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The reminiscences of a very old man, 1808-1897 (1899)

Sartain, John, 1808-1897 · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 290

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ur they would have to charge for it. Asking howmuch it would cost, the answer was eight pounds, so hewent no further in the matter. After his return to Philadelphia he casually alludedto the incident one day in Mr. Harrisons company,and said to him, That s a pifture you ought to get,but elicited no… … AMERICA way here? My plate from it was executed undergreat difficulties, for the pidure hung on the end wallof a long room in Handel and Haydn Hall, whichbelonged to Mr. Harrison, imperfedly lighted at oneside only by a small, double window, while the restof the canvas, the larger part, was in…

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