Anecdote BiographyR. Bentley, 1860 - 387 pages |
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... light . Many of the pictures perished ; but such as remained were disposed of at the sale of the moveable property in the Gardens , in October , 1841 . Twenty - four pictures by Hogarth and Hayman produced but small sums : they had ...
... light . Many of the pictures perished ; but such as remained were disposed of at the sale of the moveable property in the Gardens , in October , 1841 . Twenty - four pictures by Hogarth and Hayman produced but small sums : they had ...
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... light streaming in ; or he amuses himself with the very worst company abroad , whilst his wife sits at home listening to foreign singers , or wastes her money at auctions , or worse still , seeks amusements at mas- querades . The dismal ...
... light streaming in ; or he amuses himself with the very worst company abroad , whilst his wife sits at home listening to foreign singers , or wastes her money at auctions , or worse still , seeks amusements at mas- querades . The dismal ...
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... light upon the painter's technical execution , which is somewhat disputed . " Although in some respects ( says a critic ) rather sketchily handled , they are not painted feebly ; and if they cannot be called highly finished , these ...
... light upon the painter's technical execution , which is somewhat disputed . " Although in some respects ( says a critic ) rather sketchily handled , they are not painted feebly ; and if they cannot be called highly finished , these ...
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... light put out . " So far , so good , " exclaimed Hogarth ; " nothing remains but this , " taking his pencil in a sort of prophetic fury , and dashing off the painter's broken palette . " Finis , " cried he ; " the deed is done - all is ...
... light put out . " So far , so good , " exclaimed Hogarth ; " nothing remains but this , " taking his pencil in a sort of prophetic fury , and dashing off the painter's broken palette . " Finis , " cried he ; " the deed is done - all is ...
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... light Florimel kind of composer . " " Ay , " said Hogarth's informant , " but at the same time Mr. Freke declared you were as good a portrait - painter as Vandyck . " " There he was right , " replied Hogarth , " and so , by G- , I am ...
... light Florimel kind of composer . " " Ay , " said Hogarth's informant , " but at the same time Mr. Freke declared you were as good a portrait - painter as Vandyck . " " There he was right , " replied Hogarth , " and so , by G- , I am ...
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Page 116 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless and grand; His manners were gentle, complying and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 316 - All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus, and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree. Along the crisped shades and bowers Revels the spruce and jocund Spring; The Graces and the rosy-bosomed Hours Thither all their bounties bring.
Page 136 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Page 73 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reach'd the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
Page 69 - The Bruiser C. Churchill, (once the Rev.) in the character of a Russian Hercules, regaling himself after having killed the monster Caricatura that so sorely galled his virtuous friend the heaven-born Wilkes.
Page 109 - TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, IN LEICESTER-FIELDS. " DEAR SIR, — When I came to Lichfield, I found that my portrait" had been much visited, and much admired. Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place ; and I was pleased with the dignity conferred by such a testimony of your regard.
Page 155 - ... fancy, and a dignity derived from the higher branches, which even those who professed them in a superior manner did not always preserve, when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher sphere.
Page 172 - If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us the honourable distinction of an English school, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the art, among the very first of that rising name.
Page 160 - He went down a few steps, and returned again. ' What use is your book to me if I don't understand it 1 and your lute, you may take it again if you won't teach me to play on it. Come home with me, and give me the first lesson.' 'I will come to-morrow.
Page 82 - He who should call the Ingenious Hogarth a Burlesque Painter, would, in my Opinion, do him very little Honour: for sure it is much easier, much less the Subject of Admiration, to paint a Man with a Nose, or any other Feature of a preposterous Size, or to expose him in some absurd or monstrous Attitude, than to express the Affections of 253 Men on Canvas.