Gudin spread his paints on a very large table covered with glass, and used a great many brushes; Bierstadt used a huge palette, and painted rather finically, whereas Beaumont had quite a small palette and used few brushes.
"In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875."
L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone
It is a doll's street with small low houses, so finely matted, so exquisitely clean, so finically neat, so light and delicate, that even when I entered them without my boots I felt like a "bull in a china shop," as if my mere weight must smash through and destroy.
"Unbeaten-Tracks-in-Japan"
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
The doors of these niches are white paper panels; the standing shelves and inside partitions, consisting of light woodwork, are put together almost too finically and too ingeniously, giving rise to suspicions of secret drawers and conjuring tricks.
"Madame Chrysantheme Complete"
Pierre Loti Last Updated: March 4, 2009