Word: overly
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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This, and subsequent visits to all parts of Europe, developed in him an intense love for art, and he devoted all the energies of his cultivated mind to its study. The result of this was the gradual acquisition of this magnificent collection of over five thousand engravings and a valuable...
To try to give even the most meagre description of the collection would be a fruitless task; every one who is interested in art ought to examine it for himself and pass judgment upon it; still, we may mention here two gems of the collection. One is an engraving by...