Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on Other Arts; Collected by the Late Mr. George Vertue, Volume 4Thomas Farmer, 1771 - Artists |
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... Other Arts; Collected by the Late Mr. George Vertue Horace Walpole. THE HE UNIV SEAL THERE LIGHT 1868 CALIFORN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS ISAAC FOOT COLLECTION O F PAINTING in ENGLAND ; With fome Account of.
... Other Arts; Collected by the Late Mr. George Vertue Horace Walpole. THE HE UNIV SEAL THERE LIGHT 1868 CALIFORN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS ISAAC FOOT COLLECTION O F PAINTING in ENGLAND ; With fome Account of.
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... fome Account of the principal Artists ; And incidental NOTES on other ARTS ; Collected by the late Mr. GEORGE VERTUE ; And now digested and published from his original MSS . By Mr. HORACE WALPOLE . To which is added The HISTORY of The ...
... fome Account of the principal Artists ; And incidental NOTES on other ARTS ; Collected by the late Mr. GEORGE VERTUE ; And now digested and published from his original MSS . By Mr. HORACE WALPOLE . To which is added The HISTORY of The ...
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... fome of our firft artifts feemed to difclofe a vifion of future improvement ---- a period the more to be wifhed , as the wound given to painting through the fides of the Romish religion menaces the arts as well as idolatry ---- unless ...
... fome of our firft artifts feemed to difclofe a vifion of future improvement ---- a period the more to be wifhed , as the wound given to painting through the fides of the Romish religion menaces the arts as well as idolatry ---- unless ...
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... fome little amends for the imprisonment of the Carthufians . The abfurdity of the legend of the reviving canon is loft in the amazing art of the painter ; and the last scene of St. Bruno expiring , in which are expreffed all the stages ...
... fome little amends for the imprisonment of the Carthufians . The abfurdity of the legend of the reviving canon is loft in the amazing art of the painter ; and the last scene of St. Bruno expiring , in which are expreffed all the stages ...
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... fome things at Marlborough- house in St. James's park , and , which is his best work , the falon at Blenheim . King William gave him lodgings at Hampton - court , where he painted the labours of Hercules in chiaro fcuro ; and be- ing ...
... fome things at Marlborough- house in St. James's park , and , which is his best work , the falon at Blenheim . King William gave him lodgings at Hampton - court , where he painted the labours of Hercules in chiaro fcuro ; and be- ing ...
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