Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 (1902) (14781009124)
E. C. Peixotto
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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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gained with two sturdy fishermen to rowus out to San Fruttuoso. We took somecold luncheon with us, and had been care-ful to choose a calm day when the seawas like a sheet of glass. A few strong-strokes of the heavy oars and the stoutboat shot round the end of the promon-tory that protects Porto Fino from theopen sea. Though it was February, thesun was dancing on the water and theshade of a parasol was very acceptable. Soon the long sea front of the MonteFino lined into view—a stupendous en-filade of precipices, towering out of thewater like the huge round buttresses ofsome titanic castle. Not a spare ledgeon which to set foot, not a bit of soillodged in a chink where a shrub ortree could cling, one column succeedinganother with almost architectural preci-sion, eternally defying the force of thesea. For an hour we skirted these frown-ing cliffs, until suddenly, as if by magic,the rocky walls parted and disclosed atiny bay surrounded by mountains, with,at its farthermost extremity, a
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Ernest PeixottoErnest Clifford Peixotto war ein amerikanischer Maler, Wandmaler, Illustrator und Autor. Als einer von acht Künstlern der American Expeditionary Force, war es im Ersten Weltkrieg Peixottos Aufgabe, den Krieg in Zeichnungen festzuhalten. .. weiterlesen