. The Negro in American history [microform] : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent. r the Wilstaeh Collection in the Memorial Building atFairmount Park. This picture excited quite as much interestas his Lazarus. It was of a subject that has frequently beentreated by artists, but his interpretation of the theme gave itnew life. The criticism in the Springfield (Mass.) Repuhli-can is a specimen. It runs thus: The Annunciation in the hands of Mr. Tanner is as newas if the world had never seen it before. There is no sign ofthe conventional angel bearing a lily,
. The Negro in American history [microform] : men and women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent. r the Wilstaeh Collection in the Memorial Building atFairmount Park. This picture excited quite as much interestas his Lazarus. It was of a subject that has frequently beentreated by artists, but his interpretation of the theme gave itnew life. The criticism in the Springfield (Mass.) Repuhli-can is a specimen. It runs thus: The Annunciation in the hands of Mr. Tanner is as newas if the world had never seen it before. There is no sign ofthe conventional angel bearing a lily, no idealized woman in afloating robe with her hands crossed and her eyes cast is only the plain interior of an ordinary cottage inPalestine. A young girl, evidently a typical representative ofthe poorer class of her country, is seated on the edge of the bed,from which she has been roused. She has folded a long, loosegown of some dark stuff around her, and is looking very intently,with a listening expression, across the room to where a brightlight is shining out of the gloom. The general tone of the pic-. •n:s !:?:? v Pi;WJC LiliKAili
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