Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS
PHIDIAS[1] By Clarence Cook (ABOUT 500-432 B.C.)
LEONARDO DA VINCI By Anna Jameson (1452-1519)
MICHAEL ANGELO By Anna Jameson (1474-1564)
RAPHAEL By Mrs. Lee (1483-1520)
TITIAN By Giorgio Vasari[2] 1477-1576
ALBERT DÜRER[3] By W. J. Holland, Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania (1471-1528)
RUBENS By Mrs. Lee (1577-1640)
REMBRANDT[4] By Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1606-1669)
WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764)
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS By Samuel Archer (1723-1792)
BENJAMIN WEST By Martha J. Lamb[5] (1738-1820)
THORWALDSEN By Hans Christian Andersen (1770-1844)
JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET[6] By Clarence Cook (1814-1875)
MEISSONIER[7] By Clarence Cook (1813-1891)
ROSA BONHEUR[8] By Clarence Cook (BORN 1822)
GÉRÔME[9] By Clarence Cook (BORN 1824)
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI[10] By Edmund Gosse (1828-1882)
GUSTAVE DORÉ[11] By Kenyon Cox (1832-1883)
COMPOSERS
HANDEL By C. E. Bourne (1685-1759)
MOZART By C. E. Bourne (1756-1791)
HAYDN By C. E. Bourne (1732-1809)
BEETHOVEN By C. E. Bourne (1770-1827)
PAGANINI (1784-1840)
MENDELSSOHN By C. E. Bourne (1809-1847)
FRANZ LISZT By Rev. Hugh R. Haweis, M.A. (1811-1886)
RICHARD WAGNER By Franklin Peterson, Mus. Bac. (1813-1883)
GIUSEPPE VERDI (BORN 1813)
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC ARTISTS
DAVID GARRICK By Samuel Archer (1716-1779)
EDWIN FORREST[13] By Lawrence Barrett (1806-1872)
CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN By Dutton Cook (1816-1876)
RACHEL By Dutton Cook (1821-1858)
EDWIN BOOTH[15] By Clarence Cook (1833-1893)
JOSEPH JEFFERSON[16] By Clarence Cook (BORN 1829)
ADELINA PATTI By Frederick F. Buffen (BORN 1843)
SARAH BERNHARDT By H. S. Edwards (BORN 1844)
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