The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 1Harper, 1846 |
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... desire to escape from the thraldom of the church . At this period the character of an English artist was curiously compounded ; he was at once archi- tect , sculptor , carpenter , goldsmith , armourer , jew- eller , saddler , tailor ...
... desire to escape from the thraldom of the church . At this period the character of an English artist was curiously compounded ; he was at once archi- tect , sculptor , carpenter , goldsmith , armourer , jew- eller , saddler , tailor ...
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... disease in art arose from the misuse of learning- from a desire of cheap adulation , and an utter poverty of fancy . An art was discovered which 1 soothed the pride of learning and was too mystical 26 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
... disease in art arose from the misuse of learning- from a desire of cheap adulation , and an utter poverty of fancy . An art was discovered which 1 soothed the pride of learning and was too mystical 26 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
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... desire no one to credit , seeing that his majesty had ready access to the originals , is countenanced by an anecdote re- lated by Vermander . One day , while the artist was painting in private the portrait of a favourite lady for the ...
... desire no one to credit , seeing that his majesty had ready access to the originals , is countenanced by an anecdote re- lated by Vermander . One day , while the artist was painting in private the portrait of a favourite lady for the ...
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... desire you will use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me , and not flatter me at all ; but remark all those roughnesses , pimples , warts , and every thing as you see me ; otherwise I never will pay one far- thing for it ...
... desire you will use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me , and not flatter me at all ; but remark all those roughnesses , pimples , warts , and every thing as you see me ; otherwise I never will pay one far- thing for it ...
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... desire to obtain them . Ie could hear no account of them . At last he was told by one Rogers , of Isleworth , that both father and son were dead , but that the son's widow was living at Isleworth , and had many of their works . The king ...
... desire to obtain them . Ie could hear no account of them . At last he was told by one Rogers , of Isleworth , that both father and son were dead , but that the son's widow was living at Isleworth , and had many of their works . The king ...
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Academy admiration afterward Allan Ramsay appeared artist beauty Burke character church colouring composition copy Correggio court drawing elegance eminent employed England engraving excellence exhibition fame favourite feeling figures folly fortune friends Gainsborough gallery Garrick genius grace guineas hand happy Harlot's Progress Hogarth honour humour imagination John Gonson Johnson Kate Hackabout kind king Kneller labour ladies landscape Line of Beauty living London look Lord loved manner masters merit mind nature never Nichols noble North Briton Northcote observed obtained painted painter Paul Veronese pencil person poet portrait portrait-painting prints productions purchased racter Rake's Progress Raphael reputation Reynolds Rome royal Rubens satire says scene seems Sigismunda Sir Joshua Sir Richard Grosvenor sketches skill spirit splendour style talents taste Thicknesse thing Thornhill thought tion Titian truth ture Vandyke vanity Walpole Wilkes William Hogarth Wilson wish worthy