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Page 107
Northcote once remarked to Miss Reynolds that " he bad never seen a picture by
Jervas , which was rather extraHis extravagant envy and vanity are the principal
charges brought against · Hogarth by Churchill in the satirical epistle he ...
Northcote once remarked to Miss Reynolds that " he bad never seen a picture by
Jervas , which was rather extraHis extravagant envy and vanity are the principal
charges brought against · Hogarth by Churchill in the satirical epistle he ...
Page 108
He was looking out , ' said Northcote to Hazlitt , to see what the world thought of
him , or thinking what figure he should make by the side of Correggio or Vandyke
, not pluming himself on being a better painter than some one in the next street ...
He was looking out , ' said Northcote to Hazlitt , to see what the world thought of
him , or thinking what figure he should make by the side of Correggio or Vandyke
, not pluming himself on being a better painter than some one in the next street ...
Page 111
From the unusual number of the works he threw off , Northcote says that his
profession was more lucrative at this period than when his charges became
higher . The celerity with which he turned out a picture was extraordinary . Mr.
Taylor finds ...
From the unusual number of the works he threw off , Northcote says that his
profession was more lucrative at this period than when his charges became
higher . The celerity with which he turned out a picture was extraordinary . Mr.
Taylor finds ...
Page 112
Northcote re - echoes the testimony , and tells us further that Reynolds appeared
to underrate both his talents and his paintings . He was led by his diffidence to
assent to the foolish talk of the day , and because he was transcendent in
portraits ...
Northcote re - echoes the testimony , and tells us further that Reynolds appeared
to underrate both his talents and his paintings . He was led by his diffidence to
assent to the foolish talk of the day , and because he was transcendent in
portraits ...
Page 113
The allegation of Allan Cunningham , that Reynolds himself indulged in adulation
, and soothed his sitters by professional flattery , ' is contradicted by Northcote . •
This , ' he said to Hazlitt , ' is far from the truth . He flattered nobody , and ...
The allegation of Allan Cunningham , that Reynolds himself indulged in adulation
, and soothed his sitters by professional flattery , ' is contradicted by Northcote . •
This , ' he said to Hazlitt , ' is far from the truth . He flattered nobody , and ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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