The Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son; F.C. and J. Rivington; J. Stockdale; W. Lowndes; G. Wilkie and J. Robinson; T. Egerton; J. Walker; Scatcherd and Letterman; W. Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; B. Crosby and Company; W. Earle; J. Gray and Son, 1813 - 21 pages |
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... original picture lately purchased by them from Mr. Felton , have not only favoured us with the use of it , but most obligingly took care , by their own immediate superintendance , that as much justice should be done to our engraving ...
... original picture lately purchased by them from Mr. Felton , have not only favoured us with the use of it , but most obligingly took care , by their own immediate superintendance , that as much justice should be done to our engraving ...
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... several unquestionable judges have concurred in pronouncing that the plate of Droeshout conveys not only a general likeness of its original , but an exact and particular one as far as this artist had ability to execute his undertaking .
... several unquestionable judges have concurred in pronouncing that the plate of Droeshout conveys not only a general likeness of its original , but an exact and particular one as far as this artist had ability to execute his undertaking .
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... original it is mathema- tically straight . See note 9 , р . б . It may be observed , however , to those who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had skill or opportunity to ...
... original it is mathema- tically straight . See note 9 , р . б . It may be observed , however , to those who examine trifles with rigour , that our early - engraved portraits were produced in the age when few had skill or opportunity to ...
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... But it is now manifest that he has given the very singular ruff of Shakspeare as it stands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . been any , he is sure she would not have 6 PREFACE TO.
... But it is now manifest that he has given the very singular ruff of Shakspeare as it stands in the original picture , and not as it appears in the plate from it by Martin Droeshout . been any , he is sure she would not have 6 PREFACE TO.
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... original house was burnt ; -and , secondly , that the path through which the same picture has travelled since , is as little to be deter- mined as the course of a subterraneous stream . It may also be remarked , that if such a Portrait ...
... original house was burnt ; -and , secondly , that the path through which the same picture has travelled since , is as little to be deter- mined as the course of a subterraneous stream . It may also be remarked , that if such a Portrait ...
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