 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of History, and the amenity of Landscape. In painting portraits,...not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher sphere. His paintings illustrate his lessons, and his lessons seem to be derived... | |
 | 1808 - 540 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to be raised upon the platform, but to descend to it from a higher sphere. His paintings illustrate his lessons, and... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 646 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits,...not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher sphere. To be such a painter, he was a profound and penetrating philosopher. In... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 638 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to he raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher sphere. To be such a painter, he was... | |
 | 1811 - 644 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His poVtraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits, he appeared not to he raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher sphere. To be such a painter, he was... | |
 | 1813 - 662 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits,...platform, but to descend upon it from a higher sphere. His paintings illustrate his lessons, and his lessons seem to be derived from his paintings. " He possessed... | |
 | 1815 - 930 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the srxvlator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits,...platform, but to descend upon it from a higher sphere. His paintings illustrate his lessons, and his lessons seem to be derived from his jntinling." Page... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits...appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but v WI LLAMMURRAY, EARL OF MANSFIELD. • Born 1705—Died 1793. From 3d Anne, to 33d George lit. eminence... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1823 - 446 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits,...platform, but to descend upon it from a higher sphere. His paintings illustrate his lessons, and his lessons seem to be derived from his paintings. He possessed... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 332 sider
...they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape. In painting portraits...platform, but to descend upon it from a higher sphere. His paintings illustrate his lessons, and his lessons seem to be derived from his paintings. He possessed... | |
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English artists are most engaged, a variety, a fancy, and a dignity, derived from the higher branches, which even those who professed them in a superior manner did not always preserve when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator... 
