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Amongst artists and men of letters he was acknowledged as a writer of genuine worth and extensive acquirements. There is a proof of it in a letter addressed to him by M. Veron, editor of "L'Art," on merely guessing that Mr. Hamerton must be the writer of a criticism of his "Esthetique" in the "Saturday Review." "PARIS, 11 9bre, 1878.
"CHER MONSIEUR, On me communique une revue tres remarquable de la 'Saturday Review' sur mon 'Esthetique. Ce qui distingue cet article c'est une serieuse connaissance du sujet et une puissance d'analyse des plus rares. Cela ne ressemble en rien a ces generalites vagues et flottantes dont se contentent la plupart des ecrivains qui font de la critique dans la revue des journaux.
In the same year, at the "Livre Esthetique," in Brussels, her pictures were thought to combine a charming grace with a sure sense of light effects, in which the predominating tone was a deep silver gray. A portrait by this artist was exhibited at a Paris Salon in 1895. <b>HOFFMANN, FELICITAS.</b> Born in Venice, she died in Dresden, 1760. Pupil of Rosalba Camera.
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