Note 43 — A FRANCOLIN PERCHED ON A THORN-BUSH. VII The Voices of the Wilderness
Frederic Whyte translation
Franz Hermann Meissner in his work, Arnold Böcklin, says “I have often found that I had to consider these pictures with the blue eyes of an old Ostrogoth seer of primitive days.” And I am of opinion that in order to take full delight in the charm of the tropics one must look on them with northern eyes.