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room of the French—   But we saw - Superb French - Russian Hungarian Spanish and English Exhibs—   And it was so enchanting to be confronted at right and left by the originals of pictures I knew in photographs.  The "big" men's pictures are hung in groups - 7 or 8 Bonnats  " Lefebvrs [[Lefebvres]] - Carolus -, Henner, Roll - etc.   Bonnats - Victor Hugo - Puvis de Chavannes - Pasture with his little granddaughter a perfect wonder of Alex Dumas—  Muncaczy's [[Munkácsy]] Christ before Pilate. Morots Good Samaritan (I have a small photo of this Annie sent me once)  
In the English - Millais - 

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Gladstone—  Stands above Bonnat and all the rest of them - because only Gladstone is in it—  It comes mighty near being on a level with Titian and Rembrandt—  I only thought that being a representative portrait of such a man it looked a little tired—  Frank Holl too has a superb portrait of a noble-looking  too fresh to be called old—, man, white haired will do - It has'nt quite the soul of Millais, but then his is Gladstone—  Herkomer has two women's portraits  one dark beauty  and one 

Transcription Notes:
Leon Bonnat Lefebvre Jean Carolus Jean-Jacques Henner Alfred Philippe Roll Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Mihály Munkácsy Aime-Nicolas Morot - The Good Samaritan Sir John Everett Millais William Ewart Gladstone Titian - italian painter Rembrandt - dutch Frank Holl - english painter Hubert von Herkomer - british