Meissonier, his life and his art . MFDALLION OF MEISSONIER BY CHAPLAIN (Mus^e du Luxembourg.) u u VIII LAST YEARS. CAVALIER OF THE TIME OF XIII. (Washed Drawing.) M Y brother has just have tried, thoughI had only pencils to do itwith, to make a last sketch ofhim. His funeral will take placeon Tuesday at the is there I should like to betaken, when my turn service is so splendidlyordered. The voices renderthe magnificent prayers of ourCatholic religion so superbly.^ Sixty years. A long leasetruly! It is the uncertaintyof the period remaining whichmake
Meissonier, his life and his art . MFDALLION OF MEISSONIER BY CHAPLAIN (Mus^e du Luxembourg.) u u VIII LAST YEARS. CAVALIER OF THE TIME OF XIII. (Washed Drawing.) M Y brother has just have tried, thoughI had only pencils to do itwith, to make a last sketch ofhim. His funeral will take placeon Tuesday at the is there I should like to betaken, when my turn service is so splendidlyordered. The voices renderthe magnificent prayers of ourCatholic religion so superbly.^ Sixty years. A long leasetruly! It is the uncertaintyof the period remaining whichmakes it seem long or it is something, as one looks back over the accumulated tale of years, to see ones performancehas grown steadily greater. His funeral service was performed at the Madeleine on Tuesday, February 3rd, 1891. LAST YEARS 331 It is a profound grief for an artist, as he gets on in years, to realisethat he will be unable to carry out the works of which he still dreams. I have failed to secure that leisure and peace of mind which wouldhave enabled me to devote my remaining energies to ideal
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