The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton . c^xC 1 SKETCH IN OILS. ALGIERS. 1895 STEINLE AND ITALY AGAIN 301 of form and combination of colours. Still it is a great morti-fication to me to see such fine types around me without anymeans of getting them to sit, an operation to which they havean insuperable objection ; if it were not vexatious, it would bequite amusing to see how they slink away when they perceiveyou are trying to sketch them. Of course, one of my great desires w^as to see if possible aMoorish interieur; and in this, though it is difficult to achieve, Ihave been very fortun
The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton . c^xC 1 SKETCH IN OILS. ALGIERS. 1895 STEINLE AND ITALY AGAIN 301 of form and combination of colours. Still it is a great morti-fication to me to see such fine types around me without anymeans of getting them to sit, an operation to which they havean insuperable objection ; if it were not vexatious, it would bequite amusing to see how they slink away when they perceiveyou are trying to sketch them. Of course, one of my great desires w^as to see if possible aMoorish interieur; and in this, though it is difficult to achieve, Ihave been very fortunate, through the instrumentality of a youngnative, with whom I became accidentally acquainted. 1 havemade the acquaintance of one Achmet, son of Ali Pasha, a decayednative gentleman, now holding office in the French customs, butonce very well to do in the world. I have been twice to hishouse, which I may as well describe to you, as it is a type ofall Moorish houses in this part of the world. The whole of thecentre of the building is taken up by
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