The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... magnificent . Flowers , stems , leaves , fruits , were carved in con- tinuous borders and entablatures , and thrown upon the walls and projections with a profusion which embellished but did not overwhelm the architecture , and with a ...
... magnificent . Flowers , stems , leaves , fruits , were carved in con- tinuous borders and entablatures , and thrown upon the walls and projections with a profusion which embellished but did not overwhelm the architecture , and with a ...
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... magnificent productions of the muse of painting ; and though in carving he was a warm admirer of the picturesque , he had a still stronger rage for very costly workmanship , and conceived that the man who could scatter flowers freely ...
... magnificent productions of the muse of painting ; and though in carving he was a warm admirer of the picturesque , he had a still stronger rage for very costly workmanship , and conceived that the man who could scatter flowers freely ...
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... magnificent tomb for Baptist Noel , Viscount Camden , in the church of Exton in Rut- landshire . It cost a thousand pounds , is twenty- two feet high and fourteen wide . There are two figures of him and his lady , and bas - reliefs of ...
... magnificent tomb for Baptist Noel , Viscount Camden , in the church of Exton in Rut- landshire . It cost a thousand pounds , is twenty- two feet high and fourteen wide . There are two figures of him and his lady , and bas - reliefs of ...
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... magnificent room worth a pilgrim- age , even were it not also adorned by many exqui- site paintings from the pencils of the first masters . The quantity of ornament is immense , but the qua- lity is equally wonderful . One of the vases ...
... magnificent room worth a pilgrim- age , even were it not also adorned by many exqui- site paintings from the pencils of the first masters . The quantity of ornament is immense , but the qua- lity is equally wonderful . One of the vases ...
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... magnificent residence of the first Duke of Devonshire . He sought to revive the scenes of classic romance , where gods and groves , fauns and fountains , nymphs and temples mingle in splendid and voluptuous confusion . The natural ...
... magnificent residence of the first Duke of Devonshire . He sought to revive the scenes of classic romance , where gods and groves , fauns and fountains , nymphs and temples mingle in splendid and voluptuous confusion . The natural ...
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