The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris |
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... painters of the département de la Seine inférieure . This portrait is intended , as will be imme- diately anticipated , to afford increased facilities to all ' national guards , ' maréchaussées , ' thief - takers , & c . for placing in ...
... painters of the département de la Seine inférieure . This portrait is intended , as will be imme- diately anticipated , to afford increased facilities to all ' national guards , ' maréchaussées , ' thief - takers , & c . for placing in ...
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... paintings , re- sembled an elegant cabinet . I stated the conduct of the municipality towards us , and requested his assistance . After he had shown me his apart- ments , a fine collection of drawings , by some of the first masters ...
... paintings , re- sembled an elegant cabinet . I stated the conduct of the municipality towards us , and requested his assistance . After he had shown me his apart- ments , a fine collection of drawings , by some of the first masters ...
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... painted over , but are still faintly legible . In the evening we went to the French opera ,. which was very crowded . The boxes were adorned with genteel people , and many beautiful young women . The theatre is very large , elegant ...
... painted over , but are still faintly legible . In the evening we went to the French opera ,. which was very crowded . The boxes were adorned with genteel people , and many beautiful young women . The theatre is very large , elegant ...
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... liteness , sent a young man to show me the museum of pictures , for which purpose the church of the Jesuits is at present used . There are several paintings in it the only fine one was a dying 80 CONVENT OF JESUITS . Jesus , by Vandyke ,
... liteness , sent a young man to show me the museum of pictures , for which purpose the church of the Jesuits is at present used . There are several paintings in it the only fine one was a dying 80 CONVENT OF JESUITS . Jesus , by Vandyke ,
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... painting I was , by im- portunity , led to view the other parts of the col- lection , which were composed of large ... paintings , valuable only from their great antiquity , and a few good copies by the pupils . A picture was pointed ...
... painting I was , by im- portunity , led to view the other parts of the col- lection , which were composed of large ... paintings , valuable only from their great antiquity , and a few good copies by the pupils . A picture was pointed ...
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