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... give anything like a complete life of any painter . Still many biographical incidents in the careers of dis- tinguished masters in Art , living , and lately deceased , have been incorporated in the work . The more remarkable instances ...
... give anything like a complete life of any painter . Still many biographical incidents in the careers of dis- tinguished masters in Art , living , and lately deceased , have been incorporated in the work . The more remarkable instances ...
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... give her some idea of the hippopotamus which had just arrived at the Zoological Gardens . He scrawls and blots on a piece of paper for five or ten minutes , and hands to the Queen what he has produced . There are no fewer than four ...
... give her some idea of the hippopotamus which had just arrived at the Zoological Gardens . He scrawls and blots on a piece of paper for five or ten minutes , and hands to the Queen what he has produced . There are no fewer than four ...
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... give offence to his sitters , though upon one occasion he is said to have committed himself . The Duke of York , when sitting to him , said , " Mr. Nollekens , my brother the Prince Regent knows you very well . " " Knows me ! " repeated ...
... give offence to his sitters , though upon one occasion he is said to have committed himself . The Duke of York , when sitting to him , said , " Mr. Nollekens , my brother the Prince Regent knows you very well . " " Knows me ! " repeated ...
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... gives a true poise to the whole figure , necessitates an upright carriage of the head and a smooth firm step . M. Ingres's hint is now being acted upon , it is said , by the pupils of an eminent French actor , who prepares young girls ...
... gives a true poise to the whole figure , necessitates an upright carriage of the head and a smooth firm step . M. Ingres's hint is now being acted upon , it is said , by the pupils of an eminent French actor , who prepares young girls ...
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... gives in the preface , written by M. Legouré , some clue to the vicissitudes of the life of an artist . Paul Huet was a painter of undoubted talent , but he was doomed to linger in obscurity BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL . 73.
... gives in the preface , written by M. Legouré , some clue to the vicissitudes of the life of an artist . Paul Huet was a painter of undoubted talent , but he was doomed to linger in obscurity BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL . 73.
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