The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... Lord Orford , " and yet the former testimony seems most true , as Gibbons is an English name , and Grinling probably Dutch . " Tradition , while it claims him for a Lon- doner , is silent concerning his foreign parentage ; his maternal ...
... Lord Orford , " and yet the former testimony seems most true , as Gibbons is an English name , and Grinling probably Dutch . " Tradition , while it claims him for a Lon- doner , is silent concerning his foreign parentage ; his maternal ...
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... Lord Orford classes Lely and May with Evelyn as early patrons of Gibbons , and speaks with much complacency of the attention of the monarch him- self . " Charles was too indolent , " says the courtly author of the Anecdotes , " to ...
... Lord Orford classes Lely and May with Evelyn as early patrons of Gibbons , and speaks with much complacency of the attention of the monarch him- self . " Charles was too indolent , " says the courtly author of the Anecdotes , " to ...
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... Lord Kingston did after this pay for board and wine for me and my man . For two statues as big as life I had £ 35 a piece , and all charges borne ; and at this rate I shall endeavour to serve a nobleman in freestone . " These prices are ...
... Lord Kingston did after this pay for board and wine for me and my man . For two statues as big as life I had £ 35 a piece , and all charges borne ; and at this rate I shall endeavour to serve a nobleman in freestone . " These prices are ...
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... Lord Byron , in discussing his own claims to ori- ginality as a poet , which some peevish critic had questioned , takes up the sarcastic complaint of the wisest of men , that there is nothing new under the sun . There are persons of ...
... Lord Byron , in discussing his own claims to ori- ginality as a poet , which some peevish critic had questioned , takes up the sarcastic complaint of the wisest of men , that there is nothing new under the sun . There are persons of ...
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... Lord Orford indeed informs us , that he had little business till Sir Edward Walpole recommended him to exe- cute half the busts in Trinity College , Dublin ; but he has neglected to give the date of this act of kindness . The patronage ...
... Lord Orford indeed informs us , that he had little business till Sir Edward Walpole recommended him to exe- cute half the busts in Trinity College , Dublin ; but he has neglected to give the date of this act of kindness . The patronage ...
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