Charles Sumner: “Among French masters Antoine Masson is conspicuous for brilliant…”

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Among French masters Antoine Masson is conspicuous for brilliant hardihood of style, which, though failing in taste, is powerful in effect.

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Sumner highlights Antoine Masson's distinctive style in engraving, noting its powerful effect despite a lack of taste.

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