Edwards, George Wharton, 1859- [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, The Penn publishing company · leaf 62
to hold them. Let us pray that the Musee Wicar may be spared, bysome happy chance. Wicar was an artist who died in1834, who made a great deal of money by his work, andwhose real hobby was the collection of the drawings bygreat masters, including nearly two hundred and fiftydrawings by Michelangelo,… … ,?f^l^^ LILLE some buildings behind the Hotel de Ville in the Rue duPalais, which proved to be those of the Military Hospital,formerly a Jewish college. Here was an ancient chapelof the seventeenth century, containing a remarkablealtar, and some huge dark paintings which may have beengood, but the…
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