The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, 7. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... figure of Epaminondas , the pro- duction of a young artist , 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 ...
... figure of Epaminondas , the pro- duction of a young artist , 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 ...
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... figure his different situations had given him a perfect knowledge of men and things . He appeared worthy of commanding the Roman people : but the massacre of his marine troops , his austere character , and in a par- ticular manner the ...
... figure his different situations had given him a perfect knowledge of men and things . He appeared worthy of commanding the Roman people : but the massacre of his marine troops , his austere character , and in a par- ticular manner the ...
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... figure was lively and ani- mated ; his mind developed itself upon his countenance , and his eyes displayed all that he was desirous of ex- pressing . Of his talent for imitation and mimickry , the following extraordinary instance is ...
... figure was lively and ani- mated ; his mind developed itself upon his countenance , and his eyes displayed all that he was desirous of ex- pressing . Of his talent for imitation and mimickry , the following extraordinary instance is ...
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... figures ; his chief aim seems to be to give to his personages , in a manner peculiarly striking , the expression of the passion by which they are supposed to be actuated . Innumerable details and allegories , conspicuous in his ...
... figures ; his chief aim seems to be to give to his personages , in a manner peculiarly striking , the expression of the passion by which they are supposed to be actuated . Innumerable details and allegories , conspicuous in his ...
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... figures which struck him , and the remem- brance of which he was desirous to preserve . He died in 1762 , and was interred in the church - yard of Chiswick . HORTEN IUS . Publ had by Ferrer Hood & Pure HOGARTH . [ ENGLAND .
... figures which struck him , and the remem- brance of which he was desirous to preserve . He died in 1762 , and was interred in the church - yard of Chiswick . HORTEN IUS . Publ had by Ferrer Hood & Pure HOGARTH . [ ENGLAND .
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