The Age of Patronage: The Arts in England, 1660-1750Cornell University Press, 1972 - 234 pages |
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Page 132
... Bathurst may have designed his house at Cirencester . A large part of a patron's fortune was likely to be devoured by building ventures . Saws and hammers , Bathurst wrote to Pope from Cirencester , were ' apt to melt money sometimes ...
... Bathurst may have designed his house at Cirencester . A large part of a patron's fortune was likely to be devoured by building ventures . Saws and hammers , Bathurst wrote to Pope from Cirencester , were ' apt to melt money sometimes ...
Page 136
... Bathurst , Arbuthnot and Swift actively chasing subscriptions . The profit came to over £ 3,000 , which Lord Bathurst invested for the poet , and to which Harley added an equal sum allowing Prior to buy Down Hall for his old age . He ...
... Bathurst , Arbuthnot and Swift actively chasing subscriptions . The profit came to over £ 3,000 , which Lord Bathurst invested for the poet , and to which Harley added an equal sum allowing Prior to buy Down Hall for his old age . He ...
Page 204
... Bathurst and Burlington to recall the aristocracy to its artistic duty : To balance Fortune by a just expence , Join with Oeconomy , Magnificence ; With Splendor , Charity ; with Plenty , Health ; Oh teach us , BATHURST ! yet unspoil'd ...
... Bathurst and Burlington to recall the aristocracy to its artistic duty : To balance Fortune by a just expence , Join with Oeconomy , Magnificence ; With Splendor , Charity ; with Plenty , Health ; Oh teach us , BATHURST ! yet unspoil'd ...
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