 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 444 pages
...that a more rational and useful pleasure arises to us from it. He who should call the ingeniousHogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, .do him...than to express the affections of men on canvas. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter, to say his figures seem to breathe ; but surely... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 450 pages
...a more rational and useful pleasure arises to us from it. He who should call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do him...attitude, than to express the affections of men on canvass. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter, B3 to say his figures seem to breathe... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 846 pages
...from it. He who should call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do liim very little honour : for sure it is much easier, much...than to express the affections of men on canvas. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter, to say his figures seem to breathe ; but surely... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1832 - 324 pages
...content." Fielding had another feeling of the artist's merits : " He who would call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do him...monstrous attitude, than to express the affections of man on canvass. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter to say his figures seem to breathe,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Painters - 1832 - 324 pages
...merits; " He who wouloVcall the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, danim very little honour; for sure it is much easier, much...admiration, to paint a man with a nose, or any other feature o'fa preposterous size, or to expose him in some absurd or monstrous attitude, than to express the... | |
 | Child rearing - 1846 - 316 pages
...content." Fielding had another feeling of the artist's merits : " He who would call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do him...monstrous attitude, than to express the affections of man on canvass. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter to say his figures seem to breathe,... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - Thames River - 1849 - 388 pages
...just and happy tribute to the genius of Hogarth, saying :—" He who would call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do him...than to express the affections of men on canvas. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter to say his figures seem to breathe; but surely it... | |
 | Ireland - 1856 - 1492 pages
...that a more rational and useful pleasure antes to as from it. He who should call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do him...or any other feature, of a preposterous size, or to eipose him in some absurd or monstrous attitude, than to express the affections of men on canvas. It... | |
 | John Timbs - Art - 1860 - 424 pages
...way." Yet Fielding, in his Preface to Joseph Andrews, says : " he who should call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter would, in my opinion, do him very...than to express the affections of men on canvas. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter to say his figures seem to breathe ; but surely... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1871 - 448 pages
...a more rational and useful pleasure arises to us from it. He who should call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do him...expose him in some absurd or "monstrous attitude, lhan to express the affections of men on canvas. It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter,... | |
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He who should call the ingenious Hogarth a burlesque painter, would, in my opinion, do him very little honour: for sure it is much easier, much less the subject of admiration, to paint a man with a nose, or any other feature of a preposterous size, or... 
