Liber Fluviorum: Or, River Scenery of FranceAdded title page, engraved, with title: The rivers of France, and with date 1853. |
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... origin in a cold caught whilst sketching . His son , Mr. Calvert Girtin , describes his father and young Turner as associated in a friendly rivalry under the hos- pitable roof and superintendence of that lover of art , Dr. Monro ...
... origin in a cold caught whilst sketching . His son , Mr. Calvert Girtin , describes his father and young Turner as associated in a friendly rivalry under the hos- pitable roof and superintendence of that lover of art , Dr. Monro ...
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... origin of his assuming this name , and of his ac- quaintance with Mrs. Booth , has been thus accounted for . Wishing , some five and twenty years ago , to find an apartment which he could make his head - quarters during his sketching ...
... origin of his assuming this name , and of his ac- quaintance with Mrs. Booth , has been thus accounted for . Wishing , some five and twenty years ago , to find an apartment which he could make his head - quarters during his sketching ...
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... Sir George , had its origin less in enmity to Wilkie than in a desire to mortify the dilettante baronet , who had shown so strange an indifference , nay even dislike , to his own art . J. M. W. TURNER , ESQ . , R.A. xli.
... Sir George , had its origin less in enmity to Wilkie than in a desire to mortify the dilettante baronet , who had shown so strange an indifference , nay even dislike , to his own art . J. M. W. TURNER , ESQ . , R.A. xli.
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... origin of Blois is lost in the shadows of antiquity . We only know that a subterranean aqueduct called the Arou , traverses the town from end to end , so wide and so lofty that several persons may walk in it abreast , and that this is ...
... origin of Blois is lost in the shadows of antiquity . We only know that a subterranean aqueduct called the Arou , traverses the town from end to end , so wide and so lofty that several persons may walk in it abreast , and that this is ...
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... origin of the château is supposed to have been a fort built by Cæsar on the hill ; and in collateral proof of this fact are shown some subterranean vaults by the side of the hill , near the ancient convent of Minimes , which appear to ...
... origin of the château is supposed to have been a fort built by Cæsar on the hill ; and in collateral proof of this fact are shown some subterranean vaults by the side of the hill , near the ancient convent of Minimes , which appear to ...
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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.