The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... monument was erected in 1696. " The works on which the claim of Cibber to the honours of original genius entirely depend are the far - famed figures of Madness and Melancholy , carved for the chief entrance to Moorfields . They are the ...
... monument was erected in 1696. " The works on which the claim of Cibber to the honours of original genius entirely depend are the far - famed figures of Madness and Melancholy , carved for the chief entrance to Moorfields . They are the ...
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... monument could not be sufficient to occupy the whole time of an ardent young artist , and what could he do better than lend his hand to other sculptors , till he had the fortune to obtain full employment on his own account ? Rys- brach ...
... monument could not be sufficient to occupy the whole time of an ardent young artist , and what could he do better than lend his hand to other sculptors , till he had the fortune to obtain full employment on his own account ? Rys- brach ...
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... monument , " says Flaxman , * " of Aylmer de Valence , Earl of Pembroke , in Westmin- ster Abbey , is a specimen of the magnificence of such works in the age we are speaking of ; the lofti- ness of the work , the number of arches and ...
... monument , " says Flaxman , * " of Aylmer de Valence , Earl of Pembroke , in Westmin- ster Abbey , is a specimen of the magnificence of such works in the age we are speaking of ; the lofti- ness of the work , the number of arches and ...
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... monument of Richard Beauchamp , Earl of Warwick , in St. Mary's Church , Warwick ; a gilt bronze figure of the earl in the act of prayer lies on a richly ornamented marble pedestal , round which are several beautiful small gilt bronze ...
... monument of Richard Beauchamp , Earl of Warwick , in St. Mary's Church , Warwick ; a gilt bronze figure of the earl in the act of prayer lies on a richly ornamented marble pedestal , round which are several beautiful small gilt bronze ...
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... monuments of fantastic sculp- ture and architecture , showing the heavens above and the earth beneath in variegated marble , to break the unity and disturb the melancholy splendour of the edifice . It is true that the genius of the ...
... monuments of fantastic sculp- ture and architecture , showing the heavens above and the earth beneath in variegated marble , to break the unity and disturb the melancholy splendour of the edifice . It is true that the genius of the ...
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