. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . s dressed in white arc runners, or sais, who precede apasha on horseback. Riders have always one or two sais. who clear the way andwho hold the horse when they go into a house or shop. Formerly there wereonly two means of locomotion, asses and horses; carriages did not exist. Thenthe number ol sais was large, but to-day, as there are many vehicles, they havesingularly diminished, but still a few remain. Contrary to my usual custom, and to accede to your wish. I have signed1I11- picture twice, the tirst lime with my name, and the second lime w
. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . s dressed in white arc runners, or sais, who precede apasha on horseback. Riders have always one or two sais. who clear the way andwho hold the horse when they go into a house or shop. Formerly there wereonly two means of locomotion, asses and horses; carriages did not exist. Thenthe number ol sais was large, but to-day, as there are many vehicles, they havesingularly diminished, but still a few remain. Contrary to my usual custom, and to accede to your wish. I have signed1I11- picture twice, the tirst lime with my name, and the second lime with myportrait, in the right-hand corner, the person dressed in blue. On my head thereis a green turban, to winch I have no right, because only those who havereturned from a pilgrimage to Mecca may wear it. ll is true thai 1 have beenvery near that holy city This work is therefore doubly authenticated, and 1shall be pleased to meet your approval. Please accept, sir, with my cordial salutations, the avowal ol my besl senti-ments, •■J. L. GEROME. //// i.\/> iroxAs (>/ // i.\ l£oa g£r6mi-. 255 Two other superb canvases, finished this year for a personal friend ol theartist, Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry, of New York, were LEntrie tin Taureau and Terrasse same yeai Gerfime, who was then at work on the statue ol Omphale,conceived the idea ol reproducing on canvas the unfinished figure as it lookedat the close oi the days labor, He has produced a most effective seem The End of the Siance, showing his model flinging wet cloths oxer tin- statueto keep the clay from drying, while the sculpt
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