Excerpt from Some Distinguished Americans: Imaginary Portraits When you see Rome and the dome of Saint Peters, you are supposed to say to yourself: "Oh, of course! Michelangelo!" And when you see Saint Paul's in London, you know that you are looking at a memento of Sir Christopher Wren, But when you see the sky line of New York and the towering white Broadway Building, do you cry: "Ah! Henri Anthon!" Do you? Certainly not. Do you even know that this sacred Fuji-yama of Manhattan is Anthon's monument? No. Nor do any of the thousand other enthusiasts who have etched it, painted it, photographed and sonnetized it, reproduced and glorified it in every medium of artistic expression. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.

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