. King's handbook of Boston harbor. OF BOSTON HARBOR. 247 the Southerners, who cannot afford to board, are panting and sickening inthe glare, among sands and swamps, the poorest of the citizens of Massa-chusetts may refresh himself amidst the sea-breezes on the bright promon-tories or cool caverns of his native shore. Another famous Englishwoman,Lady Mary Wortley Montague, gave us this pretty little vignette: Inreturning through the harbor of Boston from Nahant, we were full ofadmiration of its scenery : the many lovely islands with which it is beauti-fully studded, and the superb view of Bost
. King's handbook of Boston harbor. OF BOSTON HARBOR. 247 the Southerners, who cannot afford to board, are panting and sickening inthe glare, among sands and swamps, the poorest of the citizens of Massa-chusetts may refresh himself amidst the sea-breezes on the bright promon-tories or cool caverns of his native shore. Another famous Englishwoman,Lady Mary Wortley Montague, gave us this pretty little vignette: Inreturning through the harbor of Boston from Nahant, we were full ofadmiration of its scenery : the many lovely islands with which it is beauti-fully studded, and the superb view of Boston itself, so nobly surmountedby its crown-like State House, enchanted us. Here, too, among these green Hesperides, over-arched with a sky fairereven than the tempest-proof pavilions of the deep Italian air, many ofthe foremost American artists have found their inspiration. Allstons calmand saintly eyes have rested upon them with satisfaction; Copley and Stuartoften surveyed the blue harbor from the Boston hills; Hunt, Norton, and. View toward Boston, from Old Fort, Point Shirley. Foxcroft Cole have found many of their best scenes between Long Wharfand Point Allerton; and the younger marine-painters, Halsall, Lansil,Webber, and others, discover abundant material here for many beautifulpictures. The venerable George L. Brown, whom the Romans called TheAmerican Claude, lived until recently in South Boston, where his studiooverlooked the Bay; and he painted the scene outspread before him witha brush dipped in Venetian sunsets. Some of his harbor-pictures neededonly the insertion of two or three gondolas and the inevitable Salute domesto pass for scenes on the Lagoon. He was right in doing so; for the vividcoloring is equal in both the eastward-facing ports, Venice and Boston,although with us somewhat harder and clearer. Here Dante could havefound that rare vagation which he called il tremolar della marina, as wellas in the seas off Pisa or Ravenna. Certainly one of the most impres
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