. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. given to herregularly for many years by the well-known artistPasini, for whom we all felt great esteem and warmfriendship. Pasini, when I first knew him, was a young andstill struggling artist just returned from Persia,whither he had followed the French Legation, hav-ing been engaged by the minister, Monsieur Bouree,to take sketches of the country. It was there thathis studies developed his peculiar appreciation andadmirable interpretation of Oriental scenery, whichhave now given him fame and fortune; but hewas as yet little known, and we were e
. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. given to herregularly for many years by the well-known artistPasini, for whom we all felt great esteem and warmfriendship. Pasini, when I first knew him, was a young andstill struggling artist just returned from Persia,whither he had followed the French Legation, hav-ing been engaged by the minister, Monsieur Bouree,to take sketches of the country. It was there thathis studies developed his peculiar appreciation andadmirable interpretation of Oriental scenery, whichhave now given him fame and fortune; but hewas as yet little known, and we were enabled tofollow his rising career, step by step, with deep in-terest, and ever-increasing esteem for his privatecharacter as well as for his artistic talent. The Empress occupied the first floor, looking to-ward the garden, so beautiful then with its grovesof horse-chestnut-trees—now, alas! partially cutdown and replanted, since the ravages committedduring the siege and the Commune. In those daysthe foliage of the splendid old trees formed an. EMPRESS EUGENI1 WEARING \ SPANISH MANTILLA. ENiRAVEO BY H. O. TIETZE, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN CLEMENT A UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 33 impenetrable canopy overhead, and the great cen-tral avenue leading to the Champs-Elysees, withthe Arc de Trioniphe in the distance, was bor-dered in May by a gigantic wall of blossoms oneach side. It is impossible, at the present time, toform any idea of what the garden was then, withthe splendid palace in the background, the walksbordered by orange-trees with their sweet perfume,the well-kept parterres, the terraces, the statues, andthe elegantly dressed crowd listening to the militaryband. The Empresss apartments comprised ten rooms,communicating by a small private staircase withthe Emperors, which were on the ground floor,near those afterward devoted to the use of thePrince Imperial. In the first years of the Em-pire the furniture of the private apartments wasnot remarkable; but at a later period the
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