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3.68 . BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
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THE PRINCESS MARIE OF ORLEANS. A statuet...
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interrupted our colloquy , and as what she said would make me too late for the printer , I must defer it till next month .
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3.68 . Biographical Notices.
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The Princess Marie Of Orleans. A Statuet...
THE PRINCESS MARIE OF ORLEANS . A statuette pew years representing ago every Joan Italian of image Arc engaged -boy had in on devotion his tray a before little
leaving her tent ; her hands are crossed over her breast , against attitude which she combining clasps her at sw once ord , feminine her head grace is bent and forwards dignified —the streng whole th .
All this is observable in the little rough statuette , but to appreciate this work of art must see the original life-size statue in the
sculpture gallery you at Versailles . It is executed in the purest white marbleand well do material and handicraft agree . The hair ( worn of
the same , length as suited the chevaliers of her time ) is simply parted on the calm browthe is earnest and melancholy as of one
foreseeing expresses her a _, sad confidence doom , , the eye in li heavenl ps almost y guidanc breathe e stronger a prayer , , far and than the face the
of mere roug ph h ysical peasants energy , and of sun a manl -burnt y combatant gendarmes . whose I have foreheads seen crowds bore
the scars of African spears , gaze almost tenderly on the delicate chef-d'oeuvre , moved not only by its intrinsic beauty , but by the thought that the hand which chiselled it belonged to the fair sister
of their own valiant Duke of Orleans , and that that hand lay cold in its premature grave ; prince and princess reposing side by side
in the vault of Eu . Marie d'Orleans was the eldest daughter of Louis Philippe , the
late King of France , and of his saint-like wife Marie Amelie of SicilEvery advantage that position and fortune could obtain for
their y daug . hters contributed to perfect their education , and they have all inherited their father ' s undoubted abilities and . the pious
sweetness of their mother . During their short reign of power , art flourished as it had never done before ; other monarchs had
patronised artists , but the princes of Orleans courted them , recognising the crown of intellect before that of earthly dominion , and the
gallant heir of the French throne could find no more valued legacy for his wife than " A tableau de mon ami SchefFer" . And well did
he deserve the name of friend , standing by her in her hour of peril and holding her ' young child in his arms to protect him from an
angry armed populace . All honor to the great painter so recently
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 368, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/8/
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