The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 1Harper, 1846 |
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... pounds one shilling per ell , a high price ; and as it measures seven hundred and eight ells , the whole amounted to upwards of seven thousand pounds . This was a work worthy of the noble house of Howard . James the First repaid the ...
... pounds one shilling per ell , a high price ; and as it measures seven hundred and eight ells , the whole amounted to upwards of seven thousand pounds . This was a work worthy of the noble house of Howard . James the First repaid the ...
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... Great Britain , and his majesty's queen , and for nine more of the queens of Scotland , their portraits which are in the hall of Balloch ( now Taymouth ) , the sum of two hundred and threescore pounds . " 44 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
... Great Britain , and his majesty's queen , and for nine more of the queens of Scotland , their portraits which are in the hall of Balloch ( now Taymouth ) , the sum of two hundred and threescore pounds . " 44 PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS .
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... pounds . " In spite of all this apparent penury of price , Jamesone died rich . His works still maintain their original reputation ; and he goes down as the first native of this island who excelled in works of art as large as life . An ...
... pounds . " In spite of all this apparent penury of price , Jamesone died rich . His works still maintain their original reputation ; and he goes down as the first native of this island who excelled in works of art as large as life . An ...
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... pounds . Another fate befell the gallery of the duke of Buck- ingham . The pictures were sold privately , to sup- * I shall transcribe the prices of some of the most celebrated pictures , more for the sake of amusing the reader , than ...
... pounds . Another fate befell the gallery of the duke of Buck- ingham . The pictures were sold privately , to sup- * I shall transcribe the prices of some of the most celebrated pictures , more for the sake of amusing the reader , than ...
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... pounds . He maintained the state of a gentleman and preserved the dignity due to art in his inter course with the court . Of the numerous works which he painted — for he was a diligent and labo- rious man - upwards of seventy are still ...
... pounds . He maintained the state of a gentleman and preserved the dignity due to art in his inter course with the court . Of the numerous works which he painted — for he was a diligent and labo- rious man - upwards of seventy are still ...
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