The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble RiverVernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 - Thames River (England) |
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... painted in chiaro oscuro , was done after a design of Schwartz : there is somewhat of grandeur in the whole , which represents the Resurrection ; but the beauty of the painting is much impaired . The altar - piece was painted by Isaac ...
... painted in chiaro oscuro , was done after a design of Schwartz : there is somewhat of grandeur in the whole , which represents the Resurrection ; but the beauty of the painting is much impaired . The altar - piece was painted by Isaac ...
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... painted glass by Jervaise , after designs by Sir Joshua Reynolds , and the architectural additions by Wyatt , have combined to produce a most solemn and striking effect on the mind . If devo- tion may be supposed to receive an added ...
... painted glass by Jervaise , after designs by Sir Joshua Reynolds , and the architectural additions by Wyatt , have combined to produce a most solemn and striking effect on the mind . If devo- tion may be supposed to receive an added ...
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... paintings on glass . - The quadrangle called Peckwater , is an elegant enriched building of the Ionic order , after a design of Dr. Aldrich , then Dean of the College , who was equally distinguished for taste and learning . One angle of ...
... paintings on glass . - The quadrangle called Peckwater , is an elegant enriched building of the Ionic order , after a design of Dr. Aldrich , then Dean of the College , who was equally distinguished for taste and learning . One angle of ...
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... painted picture , and maintains its situation among some very good specimens of the old masters . The lawns , which surround the house , are deficient in variety of surface ; but a judicious and gentle sinking of a part of it , between ...
... painted picture , and maintains its situation among some very good specimens of the old masters . The lawns , which surround the house , are deficient in variety of surface ; but a judicious and gentle sinking of a part of it , between ...
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... painted in the habit of St. Francis , and in the act of tapping the globe , the cock protruding from the pro- vince of Champagne , in France . Fay ce que voudras , the appropriate motto of the last order , was inscribed , and still ...
... painted in the habit of St. Francis , and in the act of tapping the globe , the cock protruding from the pro- vince of Champagne , in France . Fay ce que voudras , the appropriate motto of the last order , was inscribed , and still ...
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