 | SEVERAL HANDS. - 1781 - 588 pages
...caricatura.' The laft perfon of whom our Author gives an account in this chapter is William Kent, who was a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening. In the firft character, we are told, he was below mediocrity ; in the fécond, he was a reftorer of the fcience : in the laft,... | |
 | English literature - 1782 - 542 pages
...Apollo of the arts, found aproper prieft in the perfon of Mr. Kent. He was a painter, an archi|ей, and the father of modern gardening. In the firft character, he was below mediocrity ; in the fécond, he was a reftorcr of the fcieice ; in the Ы1 an original, and the inventor of an art that... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 386 pages
...the crowd depend ; On the great one's peevifh fit, On the coxcomb's fpnrious. wit; a William Kent, a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening. " In the firft charafter," fays Mr. Walpole, " he was below " mediocrity; in the fecund, he was a reftorer of the... | |
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - Theology - 1820 - 466 pages
...beef for his dinner ; and a great black jack of strong beer.' 73. KENT WILLIAM, A native of Yorkshire, was a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening in the reign of George II. In the first character, he was below mediocrity ; * in the second, he was a restorer... | |
 | J. Thompson (of Bridlington.) - Bridlington (England) - 1821 - 190 pages
...in his Anecdotes of Painting, from which work the greater part of this notice has been taken : — "He was a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening. — In the first character he was below mediocrity ; in the second, he was a restorer of the science; in the last,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Artists - 1827 - 400 pages
...deserved, or what to the best of my possibly erroneous judgment, I think he deserved, I shall speak with equal impartiality on the merits and faults of...architect), and the father of modern gardening. In the first character, he was below mediocrity ; in the second, he was a restorer of the science ;. in the... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 466 pages
...the Lord Chief Justice. t William Kent, of whom Walpole himself drew the following just character. " He was a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening. In the first character he was below mediocrity; in the second, he was a restorer of the science ; in the last,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - 450 pages
...the Lord Chief Justice. § William Kent, of whom Walpole himself drew the following just character. " He was a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening. In the first character he was below mediocrity; in the second, he was a restorer of the science; in the last,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 592 pages
...the title expired.] • William Kent, of whom Walpole himself drew the following just character: — "He was a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening. In the first character he was below mediocrity ; in the second, he was a restorer of the science ; in the... | |
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He was a painter, an architect), and the father of modern gardening. In the first character, he was below mediocrity ; in the second, he was a restorer of the science ;. in the last, an original, and the inventor of an art that realizes painting, and... 
