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Artist and author have both made the objects and scenes described the subject of careful personal observation, and are consequently able to impart to their work that charm of local colour which lends vitality to their pictures; every old-time thoroughfare and weather-beaten fabric supplies some legend of saint or hero, and as the story of these mediæval towns progresses, the reader's imagination is kindled until the very spirit of the past pervades the page.
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[A]This and other interesting pictures may be seen by applying to the owner of the collection.
[A]This and other interesting pictures may be seen by applying to the owner of the collection.
[B]InSevilla Históricathe names of Juan Norman, Alonso Rodriguez and Gonzalo Rojas are mentioned as architects employed before 1507.
[B]InSevilla Históricathe names of Juan Norman, Alonso Rodriguez and Gonzalo Rojas are mentioned as architects employed before 1507.
[C]Seechapters on 'the Churches' and upon the 'Artists of Seville.'
[C]Seechapters on 'the Churches' and upon the 'Artists of Seville.'
[D]There is an excellent Catalogue, with a short historical memoir of each artist, which can be purchased at the entrance of the Museo, for the trifling sum of onepeseta. It is, of course, in Spanish.
[D]There is an excellent Catalogue, with a short historical memoir of each artist, which can be purchased at the entrance of the Museo, for the trifling sum of onepeseta. It is, of course, in Spanish.
[E]The titles of the pictures are given in Spanish in order to facilitate their identification in the Catalogue.
[E]The titles of the pictures are given in Spanish in order to facilitate their identification in the Catalogue.
[F]The picture has been recently presented to the Museo, by the Infanta Da Maria Luisa Fernanda, and is only mentioned in the Catalogue, in a short notice at the end of the book.
[F]The picture has been recently presented to the Museo, by the Infanta Da Maria Luisa Fernanda, and is only mentioned in the Catalogue, in a short notice at the end of the book.
[G]See separate chapter.
[G]See separate chapter.