Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . IV. H. WIFE, EDITH HOLMAN HUNT. US. Having suffered from want of space and light whilepainting previous pictures, I bought a piece of groundto build a house thereon, with a large studio suitable forseveral compositions which I proposed to paint. Thesubject, The Flight into Egypt, it may be remembered,I had chosen as one of those for the decoration of theChurch of St. Michael and All Angels at Cambridge,and had abandoned it on discovering that the idea ofthe service of angels had already been often treated byold masters. 3i8 PRE-RAPHAEL
Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood . IV. H. WIFE, EDITH HOLMAN HUNT. US. Having suffered from want of space and light whilepainting previous pictures, I bought a piece of groundto build a house thereon, with a large studio suitable forseveral compositions which I proposed to paint. Thesubject, The Flight into Egypt, it may be remembered,I had chosen as one of those for the decoration of theChurch of St. Michael and All Angels at Cambridge,and had abandoned it on discovering that the idea ofthe service of angels had already been often treated byold masters. 3i8 PRE-RAPHAELITISM AND THE chap. On my return to England in 1856 after my firstjourney, my friend George Grove had asked me manyquestions about Syria, and with his usual energy soonafterwards he paid a hasty visit to Jerusalem, and on hisreturn he instigated the estabUshment of the Palestine. IK H. H. SKETCH MADE IN SYNAGOGUE. Exploration Society for surveying land and makingexcavations. Officers of the Royal Engineers wereappointed to engage in this object. Sir Charles Wilsonbegan investigations, and Sir Charles Warren wasjust concluding his explorations when I arrived on thesecond occasion. Lieutenant Conder had been activesince then, and Lieutenant Kitchener had taken his place,and was completing the survey. In a few months XII PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 319 Kitchener appeared at Jerusalem, and remained encampedfor a while, concluding his task ere departure. We thushad many opportunities of talking together about thefuture military prospects of Syria, which confirmed myidea that, after all, the Jews must be restored to theirancient land. I will not make my now distinguishedfriend, Viscount Kitchener, responsible for the con-
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