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Physiognomical Portraits, 100 Characters from Originals, Engr. by British Artists book

Physiognomical Portraits, 100 Characters from Originals, Engr. by British Artists book

Physiognomical Portraits, 100 Characters from Originals, Engr. by British Artists by Edward Walmsley

Physiognomical Portraits, 100 Characters from Originals, Engr. by British Artists
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Author: Edward Walmsley
Number of Pages: 58 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d20eq91zdmkqd.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/1471/9781147173147.jpg
Format: PDF
ISBN: 9781130702347
Download Link: Physiognomical Portraits, 100 Characters from Originals, Engr. by British Artists
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 Excerpt: ...le recut chez lui a Ravenne. Ce Prince l'employait dans plusieurs affaires diplomatiques, et enfin l'envoya terminer une querelle entre lui et la Republique de Venise. Cependant les Veniciens, par haine contre Guido, refuserent de recevoir le Dante; ce qui l'affligea tellement qu'il s'en retourna a Ravenne et mourut le l4 Septembre, l32l. Le principal ouvrage du Dante est sa "Divina Commedia;" mais il a laisse plusieurs autres morceaux, tant en Italien qu' en Latin. v Previous to the commencement of the last century, only a few native artists of eminence had appeared in England; and one of the most celebrated of these was the subject of the present memoir: it may however, be doubted, if the talent which he displayed were not partly the effect of foreign instructions, and his study, ing from the works of foreign masters. William Dobson was descended from a family, once of considerable repute at St. Albans, and was born in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the City of London, in the year l6l0. As the rank of his relations had at that period greatly declined, William was placed as an apprentice with Robert Peake, stationer, painter, and picture-dealer, of Holborn-bridge; a man of little ability as an artist, and known only by having been the master of Faithorne the engraver. From his first tutor, young Dobson learned but little of the art of design; yet he received considerable advantage from the instructions of Francis Cleyn, a French painter, highly esteemed by the Kings James and Charles I. He also derived much valuable information, by copying after the works of Titian, Vandyke, and other great artists, which occasionally passed through his master's hands. By making these his models he ' retained much of thei...

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