Meissonier, his life and his art . tyroad. Leland Stanford, Gov-ernor of California, askedme to paint his portrait in1881. I had it engravedfor him by Jules Jacquet. His cane was introduced for a special reason. It was the onehe always used. He prized it greatly, for on the handle was a littlegold plate, made from the first nugget he found, the foundation ofhis fortune. On the table by the side of the famous cane lies an open contains the first horses and animals in motion photographed bythe American, Muridge. i ? -\ 1 t^ ^^ il^ V A MAN READING. (Mrs E. U. Coles collection.) H H 234 M
Meissonier, his life and his art . tyroad. Leland Stanford, Gov-ernor of California, askedme to paint his portrait in1881. I had it engravedfor him by Jules Jacquet. His cane was introduced for a special reason. It was the onehe always used. He prized it greatly, for on the handle was a littlegold plate, made from the first nugget he found, the foundation ofhis fortune. On the table by the side of the famous cane lies an open contains the first horses and animals in motion photographed bythe American, Muridge. i ? -\ 1 t^ ^^ il^ V A MAN READING. (Mrs E. U. Coles collection.) H H 234 MEISSONIER 111 La J\ixt\ everything was carefully studied ; you note thequality of the silk and velvet, but the picture itself carries you details in all their elaborate finish may be said to exist only forme. The spectator passes them over at first. He sees only thetwo men rushing at each other. The background (the wall) gave me a good deal of was a success at last, for it became entirely unobtrusive. . .. SKETCH FOU LArrivic an thtiUaii. The engraving combines fire with delicacy. It is far removed,indeed, from the conscientious, but monotonous work of certain m. My constant preoccupation is to keep accessories subordinateto principals. Take away the hat, and you spoil the hat throws the face of the intervening figure into shadow, so HIS WORKS 235 that it does not distract attention from the furious glare of the antagonists. .* There are no readers nowadays. If I had to excuse myself forhaving multiplied Readers of a past century, I might reply : Theyreally were numerous in those times, when a man handled his volumedantily, as a lover of good books and fine bindings should do. If I were to paint a modern Reader, I should have to put a news-paper in his hand, and to furnish his shelves with pamphlets not worth
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