Percy Bysshe Shelley

(SANDRO BOTTICELLI)

MAURICE HEWLETT

(DE LA TOUR)

CHARLES-AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE

(GREUZE)

THÉOPHILE GAUTIER

(HOBBEMA)

PAUL LAFOND

(CONSTABLE)

C.L. BURNS

(REYNOLDS)

FREDERIC G. STEPHENS

(ANDREA DEL SARTO)

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE

(VELASQUEZ)

THÉOPHILE GAUTIER

The Surrender of Breda, better known under the name of Las Lanzas, mingles in the most exact proportion realism and grandeur. Truth pushed to the point of portraiture does not diminish in the slightest degree the dignity of the historical style.

(RAPHAEL)

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY