The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 1Harper, 1846 |
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... distinguished the court ; the country became rich as well as powerful , and the martial barbarism of the preceding reigns was sobered down into something like elegance . The ladies laid aside those formidable pyramids which made the ...
... distinguished the court ; the country became rich as well as powerful , and the martial barbarism of the preceding reigns was sobered down into something like elegance . The ladies laid aside those formidable pyramids which made the ...
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... distinguished by such freedoom and vigour of drawing , and such mag- nificence of colour , as excited general admiration . To the fame of this great painter nothing can now be added by praise , and as little can be taken from it by ...
... distinguished by such freedoom and vigour of drawing , and such mag- nificence of colour , as excited general admiration . To the fame of this great painter nothing can now be added by praise , and as little can be taken from it by ...
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... such merit as George Jamesone . Of this painter , distinguished by the name of the Scottish Vandyke , less is known than I could wish . He was the son of an architect , and was born at Aberdeen in the year 1586. He VANDYKE . 43.
... such merit as George Jamesone . Of this painter , distinguished by the name of the Scottish Vandyke , less is known than I could wish . He was the son of an architect , and was born at Aberdeen in the year 1586. He VANDYKE . 43.
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... distinguished foreign artists , then , we are indebted for portraits of the most eminent persons who appeared in England during a long course of years . The truth , force , and elegance of many of their works are yet unsurpassed . I am ...
... distinguished foreign artists , then , we are indebted for portraits of the most eminent persons who appeared in England during a long course of years . The truth , force , and elegance of many of their works are yet unsurpassed . I am ...
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... distinguished for their vigorous coarseness and their literal nature . They are less deficient in ease and expression , than in those studied airs and graceful affectations by which so many face - makers have become famous . Ladies ...
... distinguished for their vigorous coarseness and their literal nature . They are less deficient in ease and expression , than in those studied airs and graceful affectations by which so many face - makers have become famous . Ladies ...
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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