The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1 |
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The west window , 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 west window , 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 .
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The altarpiece represents the Assumption of the founder , Archbishop Chichely , by Sir James Thornhill . Beneath it , in the compartment over the communion table , is a picture by Mengs : the subject is Christ's first appearance to Mary ...
The altarpiece represents the Assumption of the founder , Archbishop Chichely , by Sir James Thornhill . Beneath it , in the compartment over the communion table , is a picture by Mengs : the subject is Christ's first appearance to Mary ...
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The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds for the late Duke of Rutland , and is now at Belvoir Castle . The other windows are decorated with figures of the Christian and Cardinal Virtues ...
The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds for the late Duke of Rutland , and is now at Belvoir Castle . The other windows are decorated with figures of the Christian and Cardinal Virtues ...
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Lord Harcourt considered good breeding as the first of the minor virtues , and never deviated from it ; but as his notion of it partook rather de la vielle cour , he might be represented by those who only knew him in the public circles ...
Lord Harcourt considered good breeding as the first of the minor virtues , and never deviated from it ; but as his notion of it partook rather de la vielle cour , he might be represented by those who only knew him in the public circles ...
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THE several objects which are represented in the annexed engraving , compose a very pleasing picture . They consist of a Lock and Paper Mill , on the Thames , in the parish of Shiplake , in the county of Oxford ; and the residence of ...
THE several objects which are represented in the annexed engraving , compose a very pleasing picture . They consist of a Lock and Paper Mill , on the Thames , in the parish of Shiplake , in the county of Oxford ; and the residence of ...
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| Title | The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1 The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | William Bernard Cooke |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Mar 28, 2007 |
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