Meissonier, his life and his art . PORTRAIT OF M. FOfLD IN HIS STLDV. (In the possession of his grandson, M. Daniel Turret.) CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS 173. A ; ,U. (Fac-simile of a drawing made for E. de Beaamonts Le> Femmes el rEpce.*) must he have been a valiant king, who leaped from his vessel into thesea, to be the first to attack the Saracens ! 174 METSSONIER But the little S. Louis by X., to whom \vc have t,nven a travellino-pension, is very happy in sentiment. There is nothing stupider or more beautiful than a horse. If hecould reflect and make use of his strength, we could not ta
Meissonier, his life and his art . PORTRAIT OF M. FOfLD IN HIS STLDV. (In the possession of his grandson, M. Daniel Turret.) CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS 173. A ; ,U. (Fac-simile of a drawing made for E. de Beaamonts Le> Femmes el rEpce.*) must he have been a valiant king, who leaped from his vessel into thesea, to be the first to attack the Saracens ! 174 METSSONIER But the little S. Louis by X., to whom \vc have t,nven a travellino-pension, is very happy in sentiment. There is nothing stupider or more beautiful than a horse. If hecould reflect and make use of his strength, we could not tame him, and yet he allows us to ride him,he endures a man upon hisback. I used often to dinewith Fould at the ChateauDuval, in the forest of Saint-Germain. I had no carriagein those days. I used to ridehome, and let my horse pickhis own way in the gloom ofthe wood. He always foundthe right path. I used tosmoke a good deal then, buton these occasions I put outmy cigar, lest the red glowof the end should attract some smutrorler. Dear friend, do you remember Rivolis curious memory ? An oakhad been felled a little way from the path, and lay among t
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