Identifier: lifelettersworko01barr (find matches)
Title: The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Barrington, Russell, Mrs., d. 1933
Subjects: Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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of which weno longer know anything, and, as participators in their art, westand, to a certain extent, shoulder to shoulder with them ; theirdelicacies are proofs of their struggle, and the characteristic ofyouth becomes in old age principally a sign of weakness. Alsoexperience has taught me not to let myself be deceived by whatis called cliquiness, I grant you that this is not an infalliblejudgment, which is often to be regretted, but people nowadaysare weak, and I have found that cliques often have a greatertendency for good than those judgments which make more noise,a greater outcry than the fact warrants. Overbeck has alwayswithdrawn himself too much ; but now, dear friend, you mustattack him on the subject before you leave Rome. Kindest regardsto Gamba, to whom I wish a happy completion of his picture.My wife sends best greetings. Always and altogether yours, Edw. Steinle. We have read in Leio-htons letters the effect the Cima-bues Madonna produced on his friends in Rome, and how
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