 | 1926 - 652 pages
...become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." The King replied : " I wish I had known all this before, for the objection has been the means of Lord Grosvenor getting the picture, but you shall make me a copy of it." Thereupon West painted a replica... | |
 | Samuel Isham - 1927 - 728 pages
...declared : " West has conquered ; he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated ; I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only...most popular but will occasion a revolution in art." It was about the same time that West performed his other great permanent service to art in being mainly... | |
 | Rilla Evelyn Jackman - 1928 - 864 pages
..."You have conquered, West, I retract my objections; the subject is treated as it ought to be treated. I foresee that this picture will not only become one...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." This prophecy has proved to be correct, for since that picture was painted practically all the great... | |
 | 1876 - 938 pages
...then said : " West has conquered; he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated; I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." Even in this case, however, Mr. West did not escape some incongruities in its execution. the latter,... | |
 | Elizabeth Collard, National Museum of Man (Canada) - 1983 - 216 pages
...was a startling, instant success. Sir Joshua capitulated: "Mr. West has conquered ... I retract my objections ... I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular but occasion a revolution in the art."4 The public saw it as a great moment in history powerfully captured,... | |
 | James Thomas Flexner - 1967 - 450 pages
...and Drummond were impressed despite themselves. "Mr. West has conquered!" cried the British artist. "I foresee that this picture will not only become...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." Yet he was not really convinced. In his tenth discourse, he attacked the use of modern dress in statues,... | |
 | Alan McNairn - 1997 - 332 pages
...pictures than those which are requisite and appropriate." Sir Joshua, West alleged, then announced, "I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but occasion a revolution in art." West had apparently used the word revolution with respect to his artistic... | |
 | Stephen Miller - 2001 - 226 pages
...mind. "Mr. West has conquered," he said. "He has treated his subject as it ought to be treated. ... I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but occasion a revolution in the art." Reynolds was right about the popularity of the painting. West painted... | |
 | Jules David Prown - 2001 - 342 pages
...completed, Reynolds recognized West's achievement, saying, according to West's first biographer, John Gait, "I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but occasion a revolution in the art," and George III for his part ordered a replica.' In Tlie Death of... | |
 | 512 pages
...West has conquered. He has treated his subject as it ought to be treated. I retract my objections, and I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but occasion a revolution in art. It is hard to understand the reason for so much concern, since Edward... | |
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West has conquered ; he has treated his subject as it ought to be treated ; I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art. 
