Excerpt from The Studio, Vol. 47: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art; June 15, 1909<br><br>Thus occupied solely with drawing, under a master-who carried almost to extremes his coaten tion that students are always pressed to start painting before they ought, Lhermitte, already bearing some reputation for his charcoal studies, had so far never used a brush. He had been anxious to do so certainly, but had rather feared to embark upon this branch of art. Possessed, of a medium over which he had complete control, of a means of expression which amply realised his imagination, he came to make veritable pictures of his charcoal drawings. It was, indeed, only natural that he should find pleasure in a style of.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.