 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 - Page 195edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Richard Muther - Painting - 1907 - 462 pages
...Edmund Burke wrote in the funeral oration which he dedicated to him : "Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his...He was the first Englishman who added the praise of REYNOLDS. SAMUEL RICHARDSON, the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1858 - 610 pages
...color and light and shade. His eulogium can not be better expressed than in the words of Burke : " He was the first Englishman who added the praise of...the elegant arts to the other glories of his country ;" " The loss of no man of his time can be felt with more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow." Sir... | |
 | Edwin John Ellis - Artists - 1907 - 500 pages
...borne up by three Dukes, two Marquises, and five other noblemen. Blake : A Mock. To : " Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time." Blake : Is not this a Manifest Lie ? To : " In taste, in grace, in happy invention, in the richness... | |
 | Edwin John Ellis - 1907 - 500 pages
...borne up by three Dukes, two Marquises, and five other noblemen. Blake : A Mock. To : " Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time." Blake : Is not this a Manifest Lie 1 To : " In taste, in grace, in happy invention, in the richness... | |
 | Frederick Keppel - Engravers - 1910 - 566 pages
...sincere concern by all sorts of people," writes Edmund Burke; and he adds: "Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was the equal of the greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portraits he went beyond... | |
 | Frederick Keppel - 1910 - 674 pages
...sincere concern by all sorts of people," writes Edmund Burke; and he adds: "Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his...happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of coloring, he was the equal of the greatest masters of the renowned ages. In portraits he went beyond... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - Painters - 1915 - 330 pages
...death Burke wrote a beautiful obituary, saying, among other words of appreciation, — " 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. . . . His talents of every kind .... | |
 | Walker Art Galleries (Minneapolis, Minn.), R. H. Adams - Art - 1927 - 204 pages
...was made president and knighted. Studied under Hudson. From 1769 to 1790 he exhibited 244 pictures. of his time. He was the first Englishman who added...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,... | |
 | William Blake - Literary Collections - 1966 - 964 pages
...Marquisses, and five other noblemen. A Mock! Page cxx. [In an account of Reynolds by Burke.] "Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable "men of his time." Is not this a Manifest Lie ? Barry Painted a Picture for Burke, equal to Rafael or Mich. Ang. or any... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1927 - 954 pages
...his art into mere money-making. How, then, could he subscribe to Burke's statement that ' Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time ' ? To Blake this was a manifest lie. His view of Reynolds's fame is found in the following lines :... | |
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