The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 7Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 - Artists |
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... , was exhibited in the year 1803. It is tastefully drawn , modelled upon an exten- sive scale , and announces considerable study in the artist of the beauties of the antique . : ARISTIDES R - Sands saip ARISTIDES . It requires ΕΡΑΜΙΝΟNDAS .
... , was exhibited in the year 1803. It is tastefully drawn , modelled upon an exten- sive scale , and announces considerable study in the artist of the beauties of the antique . : ARISTIDES R - Sands saip ARISTIDES . It requires ΕΡΑΜΙΝΟNDAS .
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... beauties of the style of Buffon . But he did more ; he revealed in 1749 the secret of his excellence , in a dis- course before the French academy . There we find in a few pages all that has been most ably said and thought on the art of ...
... beauties of the style of Buffon . But he did more ; he revealed in 1749 the secret of his excellence , in a dis- course before the French academy . There we find in a few pages all that has been most ably said and thought on the art of ...
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... beauties to her fe- male figures ; in those of men she has been less suc- cessful ; they for the most part are wanting in vigour and character , and have the physiognomy of women . The works of Angelica Kauffman have employed the most ...
... beauties to her fe- male figures ; in those of men she has been less suc- cessful ; they for the most part are wanting in vigour and character , and have the physiognomy of women . The works of Angelica Kauffman have employed the most ...
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... beauties . In 1754 he was chosen master of the stationer's company ; and a few years afterwards he purchased a moiety of the patent of law printer to the king . Besides the works we have specified , Mr. Richardson published a volume of ...
... beauties . In 1754 he was chosen master of the stationer's company ; and a few years afterwards he purchased a moiety of the patent of law printer to the king . Besides the works we have specified , Mr. Richardson published a volume of ...
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... beauties and interesting situations , but are sullied by obscenities for which Shakespeare is not often to be reproached . As divested of jealousy as of pride he contributed to the advancement of genius wherever he found it ; and it is ...
... beauties and interesting situations , but are sullied by obscenities for which Shakespeare is not often to be reproached . As divested of jealousy as of pride he contributed to the advancement of genius wherever he found it ; and it is ...
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