 The illustrations of this volume . . . . are of quite sterling and admirable art, of a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings, as I have before said in the Appendix to my *...  The Works of George Chapman ... - Page 12by George Chapman - 1874 - 550 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jacob Ludwig C. Grimm - 1869 - 424 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...some qualities of delineation unrivalled even by him) . These copies have been so carefully executed that at first I was deceived by them, and supposed them... | |
 | Edgar Taylor - Fairy tales - 1869 - 420 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...qualities of delineation unrivalled even by him). These copies have been so carefully executed that at first I was deceived by them, and supposed them... | |
 | William Combe - 1874 - 434 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...looking at them through a magnifying glass, and never putting two lines where Cruikshank has put only one, would be an exercise in decision and severe drawing... | |
 | Elizabeth Lynn Linton - English fiction - 1874 - 360 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings....looking " at them through a magnifying glass, and never putting two lines where Cruikshank has put only one, would be an exercise in decision and severe drawing... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - English wit and humor - 1874 - 392 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...looking at them through a magnifying glass, and never putting two lines where Cruikshank has put only one, would be an exercise in decision and severe drawing... | |
 | Henry Sampson - Advertising - 1874 - 688 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...looking at them through a magnifying glass, and never putting two lines where Crutkshank has put only one, would be an exercise in decision and severe drawing... | |
 | Henry Sampson - Advertising - 1874 - 716 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...them, looking at them through a magnifying glass, ajid never putting two lines where Cruikshank has put only one, would be an exercise in decision and... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1874 - 404 pages
...sterling and admirable an, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...qualities of delineation, unrivalled even by him) To mahe somewhat enlarged copies of them, looking at them through a magnifying glass, and never putting... | |
 | Douglas William Jerrold - 1874 - 518 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings, as I have before said in the Appendix to my 1 Elements of Drawing,' were unrivalled in masterfulness of touch since Rembrandt (in some qualities... | |
 | Wilkie Collins - 1875 - 404 pages
...sterling and admirable art, in a class precisely parallel in elevation to the character of the tales which they illustrate ; and the original etchings,...looking at them through a magnifying glass, and never putting two lines where Cruikshank has put only one, would be an exercise in decision and severe drawing... | |
| |
