The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Volume 5J. Murray, 1832 |
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... fame soon spread beyond Aberdeen ; and he was induced to transfer his residence to Edinburgh , where the delicacy and softness of his touch , and his broad clear style of colouring , gained him * In the collection of Lord Alva there is ...
... fame soon spread beyond Aberdeen ; and he was induced to transfer his residence to Edinburgh , where the delicacy and softness of his touch , and his broad clear style of colouring , gained him * In the collection of Lord Alva there is ...
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... fame was great . It must , indeed , be acknowledged , that they are deficient in that fine flexibility of outline , and also in that deep splendour of colouring , which distinguish the best works of art ; and were it not settled to a ...
... fame was great . It must , indeed , be acknowledged , that they are deficient in that fine flexibility of outline , and also in that deep splendour of colouring , which distinguish the best works of art ; and were it not settled to a ...
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... fame or for friendship alone , and bequeathed some of his most valuable works to the noblemen who had patronised him ; thus at once repaying them for their kindness , and securing for his produc- tions galleries worthy of their merit ...
... fame or for friendship alone , and bequeathed some of his most valuable works to the noblemen who had patronised him ; thus at once repaying them for their kindness , and securing for his produc- tions galleries worthy of their merit ...
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Allan Cunningham. poet he seems to have cared little personally , and his father's fame was such as could take care of itself : the Gentle Shepherd will most probably be heard of as a work of genius , as long at least as the best ...
Allan Cunningham. poet he seems to have cared little personally , and his father's fame was such as could take care of itself : the Gentle Shepherd will most probably be heard of as a work of genius , as long at least as the best ...
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... fame in painting , as , at this day , renders his story a matter of national interest . Of all our eminent artists , Romney has per- haps been the most fortunate in his biographers . Reynolds squandered his wines , his portraits , and ...
... fame in painting , as , at this day , renders his story a matter of national interest . Of all our eminent artists , Romney has per- haps been the most fortunate in his biographers . Reynolds squandered his wines , his portraits , and ...
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Page 180 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Page 113 - Nothing so true as what you once let fall, "Most women have no characters at all.
Page 309 - I have never known, in my own time, the early death of talent so promising, and so rapidly and obviously improving. If I may judge from the later direction of his studies, and from remembrance of a morning's conversation, his mind seemed expanding in every way, and ripening into full maturity of taste and elevated judgment, with that generous ambition which makes confinement to lesser departments in the art painfully irksome and annoying.
Page 35 - London for some time, about two years ago ; has been since at home painting here like a Raphael; sets out for the seat of the beast beyond the Alps, within a month hence ; to be away about two years. I'm sweer to part with him, but canna stem the current, which flows from the advice of his patrons and his own inclination.
Page 285 - And then pointed out by what means he might improve it in this particular. Accordingly, Harlow introduced the two boys who are taking up the cushion.
Page 139 - His cartoons, some of which have unfortunately perished, were examples of the sublime and terrible : at that time perfectly new in English art. As Romney was gifted with peculiar powers for historical and ideal painting, so his heart and soul were engaged in the pursuit of it, whenever he could extricate himself from the importunate business of portrait painting. It was his delight by day, and study by night : and for this his food and rest were often neglected.
Page 51 - Your marchesite, your tutie, your magnesia, Your toad, your crow, your dragon, and your panther; Your sun, your moon, your firmament, your adrop, Your lato, azoch, zernich, chibrit, heautarit...
Page 140 - ... the background is made the simplest possible, rejecting all unnecessary episode and trivial ornament, either of secondary groups or architectural sub.division. In his compositions, the beholder was forcibly struck by the sentiment at the first glance; the gradations and varieties of which he traced through several characters, all conceived in an elevated spirit of dignity and beauty, with a lively expression of nature in all the parts. His heads were various...
Page 220 - He spoke a few words to me in his usual brief and kindly way — evidently to put me into an agreeable mood ; and then, having placed me in a chair on a platform at the end of his painting-room, in the posture required, set up his easel beside me with the canvas ready to receive the colour. When he saw all was right...
Page 78 - Upon this unfortunate group when Garrick had fixed his lynx's eyes, he began to put himself into the attitude of the gentleman, and turning to Mr. Romney — 'Upon my word, sir...