This is a wonderful art appreciation book that would interest anyone who is a student of fine art.  The writers include: F.A. Gruyer, John Ruskin, Henry Havard, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Charles Blanc, Cosmo Monkhouse, and more.  The paintings are by Raphael, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Murillo, Turner, Velasquez, Van Dyck, Landseer, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Reynolds, Titian, Rubens, Correggio, Inges, and more.

FAMOUS PAINTINGS AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED BY FAMOUS WRITERS – edited by Esther Singleton, published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, copyright 1902.  This is a hardcover book with decorative designs on the cover and spine, and with writing in gold leaf.  The binding is tight, and the interior of the book is like new.  There is a pen and ink drawing by Lucy Hartwell Hearding, who is presenting this book as a gift to L.E. Sherry on the inside of the front cover.  There are 48 black and white illustrations within the book, with 366 pages.

PAINTINGS SHOWN:

La BELLE JARDINIERE by Raphael, described by F.A. Gruyer

THE COLUMBINE by Luini, described by Marcel Reymond

THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA by Raphael, described by F.A. Gruyer

THE MADONNA OF THE DIADEM by Raphael, described by F.A. Gruyer

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Reynolds, described by F.G. Stephens.

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