Liber Fluviorum: Or, River Scenery of FranceAdded title page, engraved, with title: The rivers of France, and with date 1853. |
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... head - quarters during his sketching excursions along the coast of Kent and Sussex , he was directed to Mrs. Booth , who kept a lodging- house at Margate , with whose apartments and terms he was so well satisfied that he at once ...
... head - quarters during his sketching excursions along the coast of Kent and Sussex , he was directed to Mrs. Booth , who kept a lodging- house at Margate , with whose apartments and terms he was so well satisfied that he at once ...
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... heads of boats , for shadow . Note especially the iso- lation of the light on the church dome . " CHATEAU DE BLOIS . ' Torches and white figures for light , roof of chapel and monks ' dresses for shade . " BEAGENCY . Sails and spire ...
... heads of boats , for shadow . Note especially the iso- lation of the light on the church dome . " CHATEAU DE BLOIS . ' Torches and white figures for light , roof of chapel and monks ' dresses for shade . " BEAGENCY . Sails and spire ...
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... head in at the door of the room he had just left , ejaculated " guineas . " " Guineas let it be , " responded the publishers , and he once more retired . He soon re- turned , however , and added " my expenses . ' " Certainly , " was the ...
... head in at the door of the room he had just left , ejaculated " guineas . " " Guineas let it be , " responded the publishers , and he once more retired . He soon re- turned , however , and added " my expenses . ' " Certainly , " was the ...
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... head , and points out meanings in them that I never intended . ' It was not easy to draw his attention to the admiration of his own pictures . A well - known collector , with whom the artist had long been intimate , once invited him to ...
... head , and points out meanings in them that I never intended . ' It was not easy to draw his attention to the admiration of his own pictures . A well - known collector , with whom the artist had long been intimate , once invited him to ...
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... heads , that are turbaned with handkerchiefs of every bright and glowing colour , to nod over their forgotten stalls , while they dream of custom which would just now be accounted a nuisance . This spirit of repose , however , receives ...
... heads , that are turbaned with handkerchiefs of every bright and glowing colour , to nod over their forgotten stalls , while they dream of custom which would just now be accounted a nuisance . This spirit of repose , however , receives ...
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Page xlix - Act. in as full and ample a manner to all intents and purposes as if the same privileges and protections were repeated and re-enacted in this Act.
Page liii - Signed, sealed, published, declared, and delivered, by the said Samuel Johnson, as, and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, in his presence, and at his request, and also in the presence of each other, have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses. •JOHN COPLEY.
Page liv - Signed, sealed, published, and declared, by the said Thomas Coutts, the testator, as and for a codicil to his last will and testament, in the presence of us who, in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Page l - Signed sealed published and declared by Frederick Biser the above named Testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Page lii - Trustees or the survivor of them or the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such survivor...
Page xli - Fire, exhibited at the Royal Academy in the following May, witnessed the force with which the scene was impressed upon him. In like manner, the Burning of the Houses of Parliament forty years afterwards was an event that could not escape the pencil of Turner. He repaired to the spot to make sketches of the fire at different points, and produced two pictures, one for the Academy, and another for the British Institution. Here was a glowing subject for his palette.
Page 250 - Vous toutes qu'à ses jeux le bal riant convie, Pensez à l'Espagnole éteinte sans retour, Jeunes filles! Joyeuse, et d'une main ravie, Elle allait moissonnant les roses de la vie, Beauté, plaisir, jeunesse, amour! La pauvre enfant, de fête en fête promenée, De ce bouquet charmant arrangeait les couleurs : Mais qu'elle a passé vite, hélas! l'infortunée! Ainsi...
Page xlix - ... as aforesaid, by any deed or deeds, instrument or instruments in writing, sealed and delivered by them or him in the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses, absolutely to revoke, determine, and make void all or any of the uses, trusts...
Page xlix - I direct, that a charitable institution be founded for the maintenance and support of poor and decayed male artists, being born in England, and of English parents only, and lawful issue...
Page xli - But upon retiring, and catching its magical effects, he added, " Painting ! God bless me ! So it is !" The picture of " Hail, Rain, and Speed," with its wonderful interpretation of a night railway train, produced at a still later period of Turner's life, was another instance in which the great artist's attention had been caught by the hissing, and puffing, and glowing fire of the locomotive.