picturesque life of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, none has been more fruitful than that which he has devoted to the story of Romeo and Juliet. He is an ardent reader of Shakespeare and spent a long time in Italy gathering material for illustration of the play which, of all others, fascinated him most. His "Juliet" is only one of a number of the finished results.

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Alfred Henri Bramtot