 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. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and...  Sotheran's Price Current of Literature - Page 231918Full view - About this book
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went far beyond them ; for he... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1801 - 440 pages
...first English*' man, who added the praise of the elegant " arts to the other glories of his country. " In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy ''* ' invention, and in the richness and harmony 41 of colouring, he was equal to the great " masters of the renowned ages. In ForSIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Art, Modern - 1803 - 582 pages
...the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the most renowned, ages. In Portrait he went beyond them, for... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait 160 he went beyond them ; for he... | |
 | Biography - 1808 - 388 pages
...the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portraits he went beyond them : for he communicated... | |
 | Biography - 1808 - 540 pages
...the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portraits be went beyond them : for he communicated... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1809 - 476 pages
...first English" man, who added the praise of the elegant " arts to the other glories of his country. " In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy '' invention,...and in the richness and harmony «' of colouring, he was equal to the great " masters of the renowned ages. In Por'f trait he went beyond them.; for... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - Art - 1809 - 430 pages
...first English" man, who added the praise of the elegant *' arts to the other glories of his country. "In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy "" invention, and in the richness and harmony *' of colouring, he was equal to the great " masters of the renowned ages. In Por*' trait he went beyond them; for he... | |
 | London Buckingham palace - 1811 - 148 pages
...classed among the most celebrated of his productions. In the words of his friend and admirer, Burke, " In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring," it equals the greatest pictures of the renowned ages. The chaste " abandon" of the principal figure,... | |
 | 1811 - 644 pages
...the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for he communicated... | |
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