Monday, March 15, 2021

Monsieur Vernet/Mr. Holmes

 

painting of calais by horace vernet

My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is natural to their class. But, none the less, my turn that way is in my veins, and may have come with my grandmother, who was the sister of Vernet, the French artist. Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.”
                         
--Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

Monsieur Vernet, coming soon in The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter.


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