The plan is admirable, and the execution of it throughout is entitled to equal praise. Such a union of various talents — such a Gallery of illustrious dead, was scarcely ever before presented to the eyes of the public, in colours almost as vivid and... Bernard Quaritch - Page 513by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) - 1877Full view - About this book
| Dawson, William, & Sons, of London - 1809 - 344 pages
...Actions, 12 vols. impl. 8vo. fine old impressions, hf. calf neat, £6. 10s. an original copy. 1829 " Such a union of various talents, such a gallery of...illustrious dead, was scarcely ever before presented to the public, in colours almost as vivid and sparkling as if the originals occupied the canvas whence their... | |
| William Finden, William Brockedon - 1832 - 102 pages
...Great Britain, with Historical Memoirs by Edmund Lodge, Esq." — John Bull. " Historical Portraits are illustrations of history ; and in this collection...the authentic paintings of their contemporaries." — Courier. " The Portraits before us are calculated to inspire an Englishman with the proudest feelings,... | |
| Samuel Astley Dunham - 1832 - 382 pages
...Great Britain, with Historical Memoirs by Edmund Lodge, Esq." — John BulL " Historical Portraits are illustrations of history; and in this collection are...they lived ;' taken from the authentic paintings of our contemporaries." — Courier. "The Portraits before us are calculated to inspire an Englishman... | |
| Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 298 pages
...as a contemporary writer happily designates them, " as characteristic as the Portraits themselves. Such a union of various talents, such a GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD, was never before presented to the Public." Perhaps the strongest possible evidence of the high ground which... | |
| Bernard Quaritch - 1883 - 596 pages
...to conceive a work which onght to bo more interesting to the present age." Historical Portraits are illustrations of History, and in this Collection are...it throughout is entitled to equal praise. Such a nnion of various talents — such a Gallery of illustrious dead, was scarcely ever before presented... | |
| Alexander Farnum - 1884 - 348 pages
...from original paintings in the possession of the nobility and gentry of this country. The plan was admirable, and the execution of it throughout is entitled...illustrious dead, was scarcely ever before presented to the public, its colors almost as vivid and sparkling as if the originals occupied the canvas whence their... | |
| J. W. Bouton - 1889 - 132 pages
...from original paintings in the possession of the nobility and gentry of this country. The plan was admirable, and the execution of it throughout is entitled...illustrious dead, was scarcely ever before presented to the public, its colors almost as vivid and sparkling as if the originals occupied the canvas whence their... | |
| Bernard Quaritch (Firm) - 1899 - 624 pages
...Historical portraits are illustrations of history, and in this collection are comprised the noble>t of our fathers as they lived, taken from the authentic paintings of their contemporaries. 418 BERNARD QUARITCH'S ROUGH LIST, No. 197 LODGE, continued : — £ id of it throughout is entitled... | |
| Bernard Quaritch (Firm) - 1902 - 1250 pages
..."to conceive a work which ought to be more interesting to the present ape." Historical portraits are illustrations of history, and in this collection are...and the execution of it throughout is entitled to eijaal praise. Such a un ¡un of various talents — such a gallery of illustrious dead, was ч-ari'cly... | |
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