Meissonier, his life and his art . d more, andI was told 1 should be informed how the proofs had been obtained,—be given, so to speak, the key to them. Meanwhile, towards the autumn, some American dealer, I haveforgotten which, brought a certain Mr. Leland Stanford, a formergovernor of California, and his wife, to my studio. He asked me topaint her portrait. My first impulse, of course, was to refuse, but hebegan to talk about the photographs of horses in motion, and said theywere his. He had evenspent 100,000 dollars onthe work, so a friend whowas with him said, andthe proofs which hadreached
Meissonier, his life and his art . d more, andI was told 1 should be informed how the proofs had been obtained,—be given, so to speak, the key to them. Meanwhile, towards the autumn, some American dealer, I haveforgotten which, brought a certain Mr. Leland Stanford, a formergovernor of California, and his wife, to my studio. He asked me topaint her portrait. My first impulse, of course, was to refuse, but hebegan to talk about the photographs of horses in motion, and said theywere his. He had evenspent 100,000 dollars onthe work, so a friend whowas with him said, andthe proofs which hadreached Europe were amere nothing. He hadhundreds of others, farmore interesting, notmerely of horses in mo-tion, but of oxen, stags,dogs, and men, He hadproofs of these last fight-ing, wrestling, jumpingfrom the trapeze, &c. During the delicateoperation of removing thevarnish from a picture, the use of spirits of wine or any other spirit should be carefullyavoided, and nothing employed but light and patient rubbing with MEISSONIER AT WORK. (Sketch.) I am thinking about that book of Lamberts. I dont like havingthings so italicised. They ought to strike you without that. I loveclearness and brevity of thought, in harmonious form. 212 MEISSONIER Sometimes I feel I have lost my affection for oil paints ; nothingis so pleasant as water-colour. Body colour one can always go
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