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Sketches from memory (1899)

Storey, George Adolphus, 1834-1919 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 223

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LA CASA ABAD 197 happy family. My hostess was anxious to please " El Senor Ingles," and when she found out the different dishes that I had a preference for, she would say, as I went out to my sketching, "If Senor Adolfo likes stewed eels and roast partridges, there will be stewed eels and… … KITCHEN AT THE CASA ABAD. The kitchen, often the most interesting and picturesque apartment in an old house, was, I thought, worthy of being depicted, but my sketch is rather a view of the stove than the apartment itself, which was lofty, with whitewashed walls and pale red tiles. The various pots…

Storey, George Adolphus, 1834-1919

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