The Little Louvre, Or the Boys' and Girls' Gallery of Pictures (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Little Louvre, Or the Boys' and Girls' Gallery of Pictures (Classic Reprint) written by Jacob Abbott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Little Louvre, or the Boys' and Girls' Gallery of Pictures Ments, it contains one hall about a quarter of a mile long, the walls of which, on both sides, are crowded with paintings all the way. There are no windows in the sides of this hall, for win dows would occupy the space that is required for the paintings. Provision is accordingly made for lighting the apartment from above. This picture gallery is visited every year by hundreds of thousands of persons from all parts of the world. Groups and parties of these visitors are continually walking up and down the long hall, looking at the pictures, and at the artists, male and fe male, that are seated before them at their easels, making copies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.