. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. THE BLESSED A PRE-RAPHAELITE MANSION. 325 must this Florentine civilization have been, we may imaginefrom the notes that arc to be found in contemporary memoirsand documents, and more particularly from certain chapters ofFrancesco Colonnas Hypncrotomachia, where the curious mayread a description of a feast given by Queen Eleutherilda—aliterary companion piece to Botticellis picture. We need not penetrate into the privacy of the bedchambersof the Leyland house, which are furnished in the English styleof the eighteenth century, and, it is n
. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. THE BLESSED A PRE-RAPHAELITE MANSION. 325 must this Florentine civilization have been, we may imaginefrom the notes that arc to be found in contemporary memoirsand documents, and more particularly from certain chapters ofFrancesco Colonnas Hypncrotomachia, where the curious mayread a description of a feast given by Queen Eleutherilda—aliterary companion piece to Botticellis picture. We need not penetrate into the privacy of the bedchambersof the Leyland house, which are furnished in the English styleof the eighteenth century, and, it is needless to add, with thesame good taste that characterizes the whole dwelling. own chamber and dressing-room are full of originaldrawings by Rossetti, whose faithful friend and admirer he , it is the work of Rossetti and Burne-Jones which givesto Mr. Leylands house its peculiar interest. The Italian pict-ures are of the choicest, and the like can only be found in thegreat museums of Europe; but nowhere else, whether in mu-seums or private
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