It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind.
As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.
― John Lubbock, The Pleasures of Life
A fashion history illustration from an 1875 issue of Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine. The colour plate show two Victorian ladies looking at paintings hung on the wall of what appears to be a very busy museum or art gallery.
You can download this vintage engraving for use in various altered art, graphic design, papercrafts, and scrapbooking projects or simply print and frame for wall art. You can find the free high-res 8" x 10" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.
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