Crossword-Solution: MEISSONIER 10 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 12

Amongst the works of modern painters were pictures with the signatures of Delacroix, Ingres, Decamps, Troyon, Meissonier, Daubigny, etc.; and some admirable statues in marble and bronze, after the finest antique models, stood upon pedestals in the corners of this magnificent museum.

The paintings of that arch-priest, Meissonier, no longer command the sums that eager collectors paid for them a score of years back.

Those cornflower-blue eyes, the turn of that creamy neck, her delicate curves—she was a standing temptation to indiscretion! No! No! One must be sure of one’s ground—much surer! “If I hold off,” he thought, “it will tantalise her.” And he crossed over to Madame Lamotte, who was still in front of the Meissonier.

Just a few steps from the station, at the end of the church square, they found Meissonier's property.

After passing through a low door, painted red, which led into a beautiful alley of vines, the journalist stopped and, turning toward his companion, asked: “What is your idea of Meissonier?” Patissot hesitated.