The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Band 5Harper, 1859 |
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... person of sub- stance , and skilful in the manufacture of woollen cloth , emigrated , in the reign of Elizabeth , from the Low Countries , to escape oppression of body and soul under the fierce Duke of Alva ; and establish- ing the ...
... person of sub- stance , and skilful in the manufacture of woollen cloth , emigrated , in the reign of Elizabeth , from the Low Countries , to escape oppression of body and soul under the fierce Duke of Alva ; and establish- ing the ...
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... person , Cosway was small and well - made : he had an important and bustling air : affected the pol- ished gentleman , and the man who was the prince's friend : loved to be painted with a hat and feather on , and to be spoken of as an ...
... person , Cosway was small and well - made : he had an important and bustling air : affected the pol- ished gentleman , and the man who was the prince's friend : loved to be painted with a hat and feather on , and to be spoken of as an ...
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... persons as he had in his eye . " The hills are eternal , and so are the streams , but man and his manners are as changeable as the clouds ; and the costume of 1788 , even in these Pentland glens , must have differed widely from that of ...
... persons as he had in his eye . " The hills are eternal , and so are the streams , but man and his manners are as changeable as the clouds ; and the costume of 1788 , even in these Pentland glens , must have differed widely from that of ...
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... person was otherwise than alluring , she proved a dutiful wife during her short trial of eight years . Allan's duties in the academy hindered him not from turning his thoughts to other works : his mind teemed with subjects , domestic ...
... person was otherwise than alluring , she proved a dutiful wife during her short trial of eight years . Allan's duties in the academy hindered him not from turning his thoughts to other works : his mind teemed with subjects , domestic ...
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... person this painter was under the middle size , of a slender make , with a long coarse face pitted by the small - pox , and hair of the colour of sand . His eyes were large and prominent , without animation or fire ; his nose was long ...
... person this painter was under the middle size , of a slender make , with a long coarse face pitted by the small - pox , and hair of the colour of sand . His eyes were large and prominent , without animation or fire ; his nose was long ...
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admired Allan appears artist Beaumont beauty began brethren canvass Chantrey character Coleorton colour conversation Correggio Cosway death Devizes Devonport drawing Duke Earl easel elegance Elgin marbles excellence exhibited expression eyes fame fancy father favour feeling friends Fuseli gallery genius gentle give grace hand Hazlitt head heard historical honour imagined Italy Jackson James Northcote king labours Lady landscape Lawrence letter lived Liverseege London look Lord Lord Byron Lord Mulgrave loved manner Maria Hadfield master merit Michael Angelo nature never Northcote Opie painted painter pencil perhaps person picture poet poetic poetry portraits portraiture praise Prince Raphael rence Reynolds Rome Rosdew Royal Academy scenes seems sentiment Shakspeare Sir George Sir Joshua Sir Robert Peel Sir Thomas sitters sketches skill spirit style talent taste thing thought tion Titian took touch truth Wat Tyler young youth Zachary Mudge
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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.