The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 3J. & J. Harper, 1835 |
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... 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 embellished . Under the statue , Sir ...
... 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 embellished . Under the statue , Sir ...
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... statue of corresponding proportions . London by no means abounds in public statues of commanding beauty- and there are few pedestals which suit the burdens they bear . The size , the position , and character of the figure must dictate ...
... statue of corresponding proportions . London by no means abounds in public statues of commanding beauty- and there are few pedestals which suit the burdens they bear . The size , the position , and character of the figure must dictate ...
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... statues in brass , at the cost of £ 500 each . The Charles stands in the Hospital at Chelsea - the James , which was ... statue of James , which was finished in 1687. At the time when these works were in hand , the artist resided in the ...
... statues in brass , at the cost of £ 500 each . The Charles stands in the Hospital at Chelsea - the James , which was ... statue of James , which was finished in 1687. At the time when these works were in hand , the artist resided in the ...
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... statues of Madness and Melan- choly had previously crowned it with merited dis- tinction in another department . * Caius Gabriel Cibber , one of those artists whom England , before she addressed her own faculties to sculpture , imported ...
... statues of Madness and Melan- choly had previously crowned it with merited dis- tinction in another department . * Caius Gabriel Cibber , one of those artists whom England , before she addressed her own faculties to sculpture , imported ...
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... statues , and books . In the wild forest which overhangs the house , Cibber found a fitting refuge for his works . He built a little temple , half - seen , half - hid , in the grove , introduced a fountain , which , on touching a spring ...
... statues , and books . In the wild forest which overhangs the house , Cibber found a fitting refuge for his works . He built a little temple , half - seen , half - hid , in the grove , introduced a fountain , which , on touching a spring ...
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