American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . The Taper. Drawn by Taylor. How the rain pours down from the roofs through the gaping mouths of the quaint gargoylesand blows in sheets of spray from the corners of the houses, and the many carved and painted AMERICAN ART 329 signs that swing from their walls. Although the architecture is more picturesque than that ofto-day, a pouring rain-storm in old London must have been even more uncomfortable than it isat the present time. Then there were no umbrellas, no cabs, no mackintoshes, no sidewalks, nosewers to carry off the
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . The Taper. Drawn by Taylor. How the rain pours down from the roofs through the gaping mouths of the quaint gargoylesand blows in sheets of spray from the corners of the houses, and the many carved and painted AMERICAN ART 329 signs that swing from their walls. Although the architecture is more picturesque than that ofto-day, a pouring rain-storm in old London must have been even more uncomfortable than it isat the present time. Then there were no umbrellas, no cabs, no mackintoshes, no sidewalks, nosewers to carry off the water, and no public libraries, museums, or picture-galleries to while awaythe wet days in. One or two of the curious old houses yet remain, and they are among the mostinteresting relics of the great metropolis. The most noteworthy, perhaps, is Crosby Hall, in. A Rainy Day in Old London. Drawn by Taylor. Bishopsgate Street, which was built in 1466, and once occupied by that notorious Duke ofGloucester, who afterwards became King Richard III. At one time it belonged to Sir ThomasMore, and it is mentioned by Shakspeare in his Richard III. It was considered in its day thefinest mansion in London. After passing through many changes, it has lately been restored, andis now a restaurant. On the same thoroughfare is Sir Paul Pindars house, another picturesqueedifice. Pindar was one of the merchant princes of the seventeenth century. The other books which Mr. Taylor has entirely or partly illustrated, include Alfred Domettsnoble Christmas Hymn, his drawings to which drew from the author a letter of appreciativethanks; Hubbards Woods and Lakes of Maine, — in this case, Taylor had accompanied hisfriend, the writer, on a hunting trip through the Northern forests, and his pictures of lakeand wood, of camp and canoe life, and of guides and game, were dr
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