. Book of the Royal blue . hich Paris affordsfor the execution of worlvs of art and theliberalizing influence which the exhibitionof every style of excellence produces incitedthe exertions of the artist and resulted inthe favorable reception at the annual salonsof Mr. Mayers work, figure subjects, intreatment based on the style of Meissonier,but varied in their selection, as shown inPascal, The Attic Philosopher, TheJester, The Nineteenth Century, The downfall in the surrender of Sedan in artist shared the privations andanxieties incident to life in a besieged cityencircled by perpetu
. Book of the Royal blue . hich Paris affordsfor the execution of worlvs of art and theliberalizing influence which the exhibitionof every style of excellence produces incitedthe exertions of the artist and resulted inthe favorable reception at the annual salonsof Mr. Mayers work, figure subjects, intreatment based on the style of Meissonier,but varied in their selection, as shown inPascal, The Attic Philosopher, TheJester, The Nineteenth Century, The downfall in the surrender of Sedan in artist shared the privations andanxieties incident to life in a besieged cityencircled by perpetual combats and the cer-tain doom of eventual conquest. Reducedto a small allowance of food per day, aug-mented by occasional supplements of horseflesh, disguised or embellished with artisticcooking; without communication with theouter world, the routine of a non-combat-ant varied by witnessing the cannonadesand combats from the walls of Paris, he TheBurningof thePeggyStuart. Painted byF. B. Mayer. By Courtesyof *D/.vi>.. Boars Head, and The Savoy summers and parts of winters werepassed by Mr. Mayer in the beautiful andpicturesque region of Savoy in the higherAlpine villages. A visit also to relativesin Wurtemberg, whose dwelling lay withinthe shadow of one of Germanys greatestcathedrals, surrounded by mediaeval gables,was enjoyed as a realization of last days of the Empire were seenin the spectacular glory of the exhibitionof 1867, with the sovereigns of Europeas the guests of France, followed by its availed himself of the last opportunity af-forded by diplomatic negotiations to leavethe beleaguered city in company with abrother artist, a Herald correspondent andtwo friends. They had purchased a landau and twohorses and joined the procession of Ameri-cans and Russians who entered the Germanlines, and diverging at Versailles, soughtdifferent routes to their destinations. Un-der safe conduct the party of the landauwere directed to reach Belgium by pa
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