The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... marble , on which the equestrian statue of Charles was placed , and complimented his royal patron on his skill in naval architecture , by intro- ducing implements of navigation among the fruits and flowers with which the work is ...
... marble , on which the equestrian statue of Charles was placed , and complimented his royal patron on his skill in naval architecture , by intro- ducing implements of navigation among the fruits and flowers with which the work is ...
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... marble busts ; and also of a circum- stance still more unfriendly to his fame , that the fire of Chiswick consumed some of the fairest of his works . While stringing together these unconnected things , we may state that at Houghton two ...
... marble busts ; and also of a circum- stance still more unfriendly to his fame , that the fire of Chiswick consumed some of the fairest of his works . While stringing together these unconnected things , we may state that at Houghton two ...
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... marble by himself , but the wig and cravat extravagant - and an original of Simon , the engraver , by Sir Peter Lely , which had been damaged by the fall of Gibbons's house . There are two different prints of Gibbons by Smith , both ...
... marble by himself , but the wig and cravat extravagant - and an original of Simon , the engraver , by Sir Peter Lely , which had been damaged by the fall of Gibbons's house . There are two different prints of Gibbons by Smith , both ...
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Allan Cunningham. ments by which the model was imitated in stone or marble . The improvements of Bacon and the recent inventions of Chantrey have taken away the appearance of magic from the preparatory rough hewing of a statue . Like ...
Allan Cunningham. ments by which the model was imitated in stone or marble . The improvements of Bacon and the recent inventions of Chantrey have taken away the appearance of magic from the preparatory rough hewing of a statue . Like ...
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... marbles of Minerva's temple in favour of the long endurance of sculpture in the fine climate of Greece . But the rain , the haze , the hail , and the snow of our island strips off the ex- ternal beauty , even of marble , in a few ...
... marbles of Minerva's temple in favour of the long endurance of sculpture in the fine climate of Greece . But the rain , the haze , the hail , and the snow of our island strips off the ex- ternal beauty , even of marble , in a few ...
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