 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1896 - 402 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...of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution iu art.1 7,19. Claude Lorraine. 'Morning' and 'Evening.' 8, 17. Rembrandt. Noble Portraits of Nicholas... | |
 | HOYT - 1898 - 312 pages
...Drummond, ' West has conquered ; he has treated the subject as it ought to-be treated ; I retract my objections ; I foresee that this picture will not...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art.' " When we look at the picture we cannot help wishing that the artist had not been quite so literal... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1899 - 492 pages
...Drummond : ' West has conquered ; he has treated the 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.' All, however, were not convinced, and James Barry (1741-1806) Ej. v.], in protest against such an indignity... | |
 | Albert Sidney Bolles - 1899 - 564 pages
...to the historian should rule the painter." West's departure was radical. Reynolds soon admitted : " I foresee that this picture will not only become one...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." Work, wealth and honors speedily followed. Readily did people pay a thousand guineas for a painting.... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 880 pages
...characters Greek or Roman costumes. Reynolds, who had endeavored to dissuade him, later said, "I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." Woolett's plate after this work had the largest sale of any engraving of modern times. West painted... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 428 pages
...the Archbishop of York and by Sir Joshua and its results, hearing which His Majesty said, " 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 a copy for me." In order to show the public how foolishly... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 822 pages
...characters Greek or Roman costumes. Reynolds, who had endeavored to dissuade him, later said, "I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." Woolett's plate after this work had the largest sale of any engraving of modern times. West painted... | |
 | 1920 - 886 pages
...characters Greek or Roman costumes. Reynolds, who had endeavored to dissuade him, later said, "I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will not only...most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art." Woolett's plate after this work had the largest sale of any engraving of modern times. West painted... | |
 | 1920 - 892 pages
...endeavored to dissuade him, later said, ‘I retract my objections. I foresee that this picture will ii' only become one of the most popular, but will occasion a revolution in art.¿ ¿\oo1eit',i phiic aiter this work had the largest sale of am engraving of modern times. ¿Vest painted... | |
 | Royal Society of Canada - 1925 - 1136 pages
...that Reynolds had changed his first opinion and had expressed himself as follows: "West has conquered. I foresee that this picture will not only become one...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... | |
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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. 
