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 4Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1827 - Artists |
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... George Vertue Horace Walpole. OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND ; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTISTS ; AND INCIDENTAL NOTES ON OTHER ARTS ; COLLECTED BY THE LATE MR . GEORGE VERTUE ; DIGESTED AND PUBLISHED FROM HIS ORIGINAL MSS . BY THE ...
... George Vertue Horace Walpole. OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND ; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTISTS ; AND INCIDENTAL NOTES ON OTHER ARTS ; COLLECTED BY THE LATE MR . GEORGE VERTUE ; DIGESTED AND PUBLISHED FROM HIS ORIGINAL MSS . BY THE ...
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... George Vertue Horace Walpole. CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . CHAPTER I. Painters in the Reign of King George I. CHAPTER II . ยท Architects , and other Artists in the Reign of Page . 1 George I. 68 CHAPTER III . Painters in the Reign of ...
... George Vertue Horace Walpole. CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . CHAPTER I. Painters in the Reign of King George I. CHAPTER II . ยท Architects , and other Artists in the Reign of Page . 1 George I. 68 CHAPTER III . Painters in the Reign of ...
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... George Vertue Horace Walpole. seldom have any folds or chiaro scuro ; anatomy and colouring being equally forgotten ... George the first to be content with , or even partial to whatever he found established , than to seek for improvement ...
... George Vertue Horace Walpole. seldom have any folds or chiaro scuro ; anatomy and colouring being equally forgotten ... George the first to be content with , or even partial to whatever he found established , than to seek for improvement ...
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... George Vertue Horace Walpole. ment . But the arts , when neglected , always degenerate . Encouragement must keep them up , or a genius revivify them . Neither happened under the first of the House of Brunswic . I shall be as brief as I ...
... George Vertue Horace Walpole. ment . But the arts , when neglected , always degenerate . Encouragement must keep them up , or a genius revivify them . Neither happened under the first of the House of Brunswic . I shall be as brief as I ...
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... George Vertue Horace Walpole. But the early part of his life had been in England . At the age of 22 Dahl was brought over by Mr. Pouters , a merchant , who five years afterwards introduced Boit from the same country . After a year's ...
... George Vertue Horace Walpole. But the early part of his life had been in England . At the age of 22 Dahl was brought over by Mr. Pouters , a merchant , who five years afterwards introduced Boit from the same country . After a year's ...
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