The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 5Harper, 1859 |
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... genius into my volumes . In tracing the lives and delineating the characters of the chief men of our native school of art , I have endeavoured to be scrupulously impartial : it was my wish to speak warmly of merits , and candidly of ...
... genius into my volumes . In tracing the lives and delineating the characters of the chief men of our native school of art , I have endeavoured to be scrupulously impartial : it was my wish to speak warmly of merits , and candidly of ...
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... you as to some small things , but I cordially agree with you in the general estimate of character , and judgment of works of genius . " London February 28 , 1833 . A. C. LIVES OF EMINENT PAINTERS . COSWAY . RICHARD COSWAY was PREFACE .
... you as to some small things , but I cordially agree with you in the general estimate of character , and judgment of works of genius . " London February 28 , 1833 . A. C. LIVES OF EMINENT PAINTERS . COSWAY . RICHARD COSWAY was PREFACE .
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... genius to be popular . All this , Cosway per- haps did not know , and certainly could care little for : his good opinion of his own merits covered him as a cloak ; and , besides , he was not likely to set down the admiration of ...
... genius to be popular . All this , Cosway per- haps did not know , and certainly could care little for : his good opinion of his own merits covered him as a cloak ; and , besides , he was not likely to set down the admiration of ...
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... genius of his wife . Her foreign manners and extreme youth induced Cosway to keep his wife secluded till she mastered the language , and , by intercourse with intimate friends , acquired a knowledge of society . She studied art , too ...
... genius of his wife . Her foreign manners and extreme youth induced Cosway to keep his wife secluded till she mastered the language , and , by intercourse with intimate friends , acquired a knowledge of society . She studied art , too ...
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... genius and virtue alone would be worshipped : many of his friends indulged in the same pleasing fancies , nay , the feeling infected men of rank as well as talent . * It was not to be expected that the Prince tof Wales would join in ...
... genius and virtue alone would be worshipped : many of his friends indulged in the same pleasing fancies , nay , the feeling infected men of rank as well as talent . * It was not to be expected that the Prince tof Wales would join in ...
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Seite 105 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Seite 105 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Seite 29 - Allan ever painted. The subject is the old poetic dream of the " Origin of Painting ; or the Corinthian Maid drawing the shadow of her Lover.
Seite 51 - when he was pointed out to me at a public meeting, where a great crowd was assembled ; I got as near to him as I could from the pressure of the people, to touch the skirt of his coat, which I did with great satisfaction to my mind.
Seite 41 - While Peggy laces up her bosom fair, With a blue snood Jenny binds up her hair ; Glaud by his morning ingle takes a beek ; The rising sun shines motty through the reek ; A pipe his mouth, the lasses please his een, And now and then his joke maun interveen.
Seite 213 - It ought, in my opinion, to be indispensably observed, that the masses of light in a picture be always of a warm mellow colour, yellow, red, or a yellowish- white ; and that the blue, the grey, or the green colours be kept almost entirely out of these masses, and be used only to support and set off these warm colours ; and for this purpose, a small proportion of cold colours will be sufficient.
Seite 156 - But bringing up the rear of this bright host, A Spirit of a different aspect waved His wings, like thunder-clouds above some coast Whose barren beach with frequent wrecks is paved; His brow was like the deep when tempest-toss'd; Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved Eternal wrath on his immortal face, And where he gazed, a gloom pervaded space.
Seite 202 - Each one of us wanted a painting done for every one in the group, and Bert ran his fingers through his hair excitedly. "I tell you what, you'll have to have them, and I'll do them one by one. You won't mind what I choose, will you?
Seite 223 - I have neither been extravagant nor profligate in the use of it ; neither gaming, horses, curricle, expensive entertainments, nor secret sources of ruin from vulgar licentiousness, have swept it from me. I am in every thing, but the effects of utter carelessness about money, the same being I was at Bath. The same delight in pure and simple pleasures, the same disdain of low enjoyments, the same relish for whatever is grand, however above me, — the...
Seite 55 - ... to the maid-servant ; and the moment he saw her portrait, he spread out his wings, and ran in fury, and bit at the face. Perceiving that he made no impression, he struck at the hand, and then looked behind, and, lowering his wings, walked off. " Sir Joshua observed," said Northcote, " that it was as extraordinary an instance as the old story of the bunch of grapes.