 | Sir James Prior - 1854 - 838 pages
..." 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...of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them ; for he communicated to that department of the art... | |
 | John George Edgar - 1854 - 382 pages
...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-honored formalities, in a borough town of Devonshire. Joshua Reynolds was the... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1856 - 962 pages
...deserved. 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...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the most renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 pages
...deserved. Sir Joshua Keynolds 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...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;... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1856 - 984 pages
...writes Burke, " on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the fir? t Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts...facility, in happy invention, and in the richness arid harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest masters of the renowned ages." "His social... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...deserved. 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...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 ;... | |
 | T P Grinsted - 1859 - 342 pages
...a high eulogium upon the merits of Eeynolds as a painter, remarking that " 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." Cunningham, in his memoir of Sir Joshua, relates the following... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pages
...was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorahle men of his time. He was the first Englishmen |, greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went heyond them ; for he communicated to that... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Allan Cunningham - 1860 - 398 pages
...told. " Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was 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 greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portrait he went beyond them... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...Reynolds (says Burke,) 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...taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the greatest inventors of the renowned ages.... | |
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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... 
