 | Shearjashub Spooner - Artists - 1873 - 666 pages
...his biog raphers. he was one of the greatest painters that ever lived. Burke says, in his eulogium, " in taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equai to the greatest masters of the renowned ages . in portraits he went beyond them.... | |
 | Shearjashub Spooner - Artists - 1873 - 664 pages
...his biog raphers. he was one of the greatest painters that ever lived. Burke says, in his eulogium, " in taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equai to the greatest masters of the renowned ages . in portraits he went beyond them.... | |
 | James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 pages
...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,...richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portraiture he went beyond them, for he communicated to that... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1875 - 968 pages
...men ol his time. He was the first Englishman who added tho 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 harmo ny of coloring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the most renowned ages. In portrait he... | |
 | George Scharf - Art - 1875 - 324 pages
...added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. " In taste, in grace, and facility ; in happy invention, and in the richness " and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the " renowned ages." Lucy Smith, Lady Strange. No. (181) 180. RIBERA, GIUSEPPE.... | |
 | Louis Alexander Fagan - 1876 - 252 pages
...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 in the richness of harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he was... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings, Louis Fagan - Artists - 1876 - 250 pages
...glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness of harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he was beyond them, for he communicated to that description of the art in which English artists are the... | |
 | George Scharf - Painting - 1877 - 360 pages
...added the praise of the elegant arts to the " other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, and facility; in " happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he " was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages." John, 4/7* Duke of Bedford. No. 235. Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford.... | |
 | Paschal Grousset - 1878 - 288 pages
...painting; his influence upon its origin and development has undoubtedly been unequalled. Burke says that 'in taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention,...richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages;' at all events his fame is established on numerous superlative... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1878 - 188 pages
...characterizing him as " the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility,...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages." Burke, Malone, and Metcalfe were... | |
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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... 
