 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.  Annual Register - Pagina 195a cura di - 1821Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1878 - 188 pagine
...easily and tranquilly. Edmund Burke wrote a noble and sincere obituary notice, characterizing him as " the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant...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... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1879 - 196 pagine
...easily and tranquilly. Edmund Burke wrote a noble and sincere obituary notice, characterizing him as " the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant...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... | |
 | John George Edgar - 1879 - 416 pagine
...Kneller mingled with kindred dust, the first Englishman who, according to the eloquent eulogium of Burke, added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country, was cradled, with time-honoured formalities, in a borough town of Devonshire. Joshua Reynolds was the... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pagine
...to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. SIB JOSHUA REYNOLDS. Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ;... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1879 - 604 pagine
...be presumptuous to say a word of praise, beyond quoting the words of Edmund Burke : — " Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most...He was the first Englishman who added the praise of his elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention,... | |
 | 1888 - 742 pagine
...eulogy was written by Burke, who spoke of him as ' ' one of the most memorable men of his time, and the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country." What, then, precisely is it that Reynolds added, or introduced, to the art record of his country ?... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1891 - 648 pagine
...from family tenderness, which his own kindness to his family had indeed well deservi-d. " £ir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts, one of the most...to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grice, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he wns equal... | |
 | James Boaden - 1893 - 554 pagine
...to the fame of such an artist, and I select this picture to justify his praise. c He was the fin-; Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts...in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony ot colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them,... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1901 - 624 pagine
...and bitterly. "J 9 [Tins great painter and most amiable gentleman died in 1792. " Sir Joshua Heynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable...was the first Englishman who added the praise of the decant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in ftcilitv, in happy invention,... | |
 | Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower - 1902 - 362 pagine
...every consolation from family tenderness, which his own kindness had, indeed, well deserved. Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most...elegant arts to the other glories of his country. ... In painting portraits he appeared not to be raised upon that platform, but to descend to it from a higher... | |
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