 | 1868 - 284 pages
...his. The Countess Gower (now Marchioness of Stafford) and her fair-haired Child, Lady Georgiana A gar Ellis and Child, and the Marchioness of Londonderry...all airiness and grace : men stood before it in a half-circle, admiring its loveliness, in the Exhibition. That of Lady Blessington, too, is finely painted.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1884 - 626 pages
...paint one of his finest portraits. ' It was,' says Allan Cunningham, ' all airiness and grace,' and ' men stood before it in a half circle, admiring its loveliness, in the Exhibition ' of 1827. Mr. Croker himself was obviously a favourite with the King — most probably... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1884 - 628 pages
...successful with Miss Croker (Lady Barrow). Of this latter portrait, Allan Cunningham declares that " men stood before it in a half circle, admiring its loveliness, in the Exhibition." It was " all airiness and grace." * Mr. Croker was • It was in the Exhibition of 1827,... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1884 - 450 pages
...successful with Miss Croker (Lady Barrow). Of this latter portrait, Allan Cunningham declares that " men stood before it in a half circle, admiring its loveliness, in the Exhibition." It was " all airiness and grace."* Mr. Croker was delighted with the picture, and felt... | |
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Sir Thomas had painted an excellent portrait of Mr. Croker, and he was still more successful with Miss Croker (Lady Barrow). Of this latter portrait, Allan Cunningham declares that " men stood before it in a half circle, admiring its loveliness, in the... 