F. Sandys is, in imaginative power, the greatest of all these artists;in technique he is the legitimate successor of Durer, in popularity he is ahopeless failure. He has never illustrated a book: so far as I know, homade but few drawings specially for books: these few are contained inWillmots… … A GOLDEN DECADE IN ENGLISH ART In 1861, a number of his drawings were printed in Once a Week—Yet once more let the Organ play, Three Statues of JEgina, and others. Inevery one is seen the hand of the man able to carry on the tradition ofDurer, and yet bring it into line with modern methods. So far…
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