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Title: Pre-Raphaelitism and the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hunt, William Holman, 1827-1910
Subjects: Pre-Raphaelitism Painters -- Great Britain
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company London, Macmillan & Co., ltd.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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came to me withnews gained from later arrivals that caused him deepconcern, and I offered to ride back to Jerusalem with himin the night, which he eagerly accepted. On my returnI sat down before my Temple picture to take stock ofits condition and of my prospects, improved by the inter-mediation of my friendly Hebrew advocates. Sir MosesMontefiore and F. D. Mocatta, and at once took stepsto recommence work. I felt it wise, until I could gainthese advantages, to apply myself to painting those partsof The Lantern Makers Courtship which 1 had notcompleted in Cairo. Graham soon returned from Jaffa with health restored,and I frequently accepted his invitation in the hot summerto sleep in the refreshing air on Olivet. The window ofthis tower overlooked the valley of Jehoshaphat, Geth-semane, and all the slopes of the city, and a good tele-scope was mounted on the sill. On moonlight nights,while my friend read aloud a kind of literature forwhich I cared little, I could sit at the open window
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THE LANTERN MAKERS COURTSHIP. VOL. II 18 PRE-RAPHAELITISM AND THE chaf. resting my brow against its cool lintel, and turn my eyesupon the traces left by the successive masters of thecity since the days of Solomon, and upon the land solittle changed since its history was first written upon it. No scene on earth could offer more for reflection.Many elements were wanting to satisfy the fullestsense of beauty, yet there was a solemn silence ex-tending throughout the region, with centres of mysticsuggestion that enchanted the eye, while the mind wasenthralled by the thought that this spot had been thestanding-place from which in turn the leading nationsof the world had been addressed as from heaven itself.Walls, towers, domes, minarets, and vacant spaces in suc-cession made my regard wander across the wide prospect,and in and out of its intricate features. Lying thereunder full moonlight, the calm picture appeared asformed in mother-of-pearl, with rare points glintingamong the opalescent h

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