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“The public are weary of statues that say nothing”

Posted on August 26, 2017 by

The letter was published in The Times of 6 September 1886. It is a reply to an attack on Auguste Rodin. The painter Edward Armitage had contributed several letters to that newspaper, writing that he believed the rejection of Rodin’s … Continue reading →

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The weather has been hot and heartless and un-Davosy

Posted on May 16, 2015 by

This letter speaks of contributions to the Magazine of Art (in these years edited by RLS’s friend, W.E. Henley) from J.A. Symonds and from RLS himself, “Bunyan” meaning the essay on the cuts in Bagster’s edition of the Pilgrim’s Progress. … Continue reading →

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