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Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers

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1. Front matter 2. Great Pictures 3. Preface 4. Illustrations 5. THE FISHERMAN PRESENTING THE RING TO THE DOGE GRADENIGO 6. THE BIRTH OF VENUS 7. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 8. THE LAST JUDGEMENT 9. MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT 10. BANQUET OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS 11. L'EMBARQUEMENT POUR L'ÎLE DE CYTHÈRE 12. THE SISTINE MADONNA 13. THE DREAM OF ST. URSULA 14. THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS 15. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE 16. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE 17. THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN 18. JUDITH 19. THE AVENUE OF MIDDELHARNAIS 20. THE DANCE OF THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS 21. ADORATION OF THE MAGI 22. PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE 23. PARADISE 24. AURORA 25. AURORA 26. THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN 27. THE NIGHT WATCH 28. THE RAPE OF HELEN 29. MONNA LISA9 30. THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB 31. THE DEATH OF PROCRIS 32. THE DEATH OF PROCRIS 33. THE MARRIAGE IN CANA 34. MADAME DE POMPADOUR 35. THE HAY WAIN 36. THE SURRENDER OF BREDA 37. THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 38. ST. FRANCIS BEFORE THE SOLDAN 39. LILITH 40. ADORATION OF THE MAGI 41. MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE 42. THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS 43. BEATRICE CENCI 44. THE TRANSFIGURATION 45. THE BULL 46. CORÉSUS AND CALLIRHOÉ 47. THE MARKET-CART 48. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE 49. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE 50. LA CRUCHE CASSÉE 51. PORTRAIT OF LADY COCKBURN AND HER CHILDREN 52. ST. CECILIA 53. THE LAST SUPPER 54. THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I.55. THE FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP, 1838 56. SPRING 57. Transcriber's Notes:

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