A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 2John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... Painting , " & c . LXXX . Strictures on WALPOLE's Anecdotes of Painting LXXXI . Mixed Passions sometimes not improperly expressed LXXXII . Critique on the word purpureus 240 · 242 244 245 - 245 249 253 - 256 263 266 269 LXXXIII ...
... Painting , " & c . LXXX . Strictures on WALPOLE's Anecdotes of Painting LXXXI . Mixed Passions sometimes not improperly expressed LXXXII . Critique on the word purpureus 240 · 242 244 245 - 245 249 253 - 256 263 266 269 LXXXIII ...
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... Painting is so nearly allied to poetry , that it cannot be wondered that those who have so much esteemed the one , have paid an equal regard to the other ; and therefore it may be easily imagined , that the collection of prints is nu ...
... Painting is so nearly allied to poetry , that it cannot be wondered that those who have so much esteemed the one , have paid an equal regard to the other ; and therefore it may be easily imagined , that the collection of prints is nu ...
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John Walker. third , of the high altar of St. Ignatius , all painted with the utmost accuracy in their proper colours . As the value of this great collection may be conceived from this account , however imperfect ; as the variety of ...
John Walker. third , of the high altar of St. Ignatius , all painted with the utmost accuracy in their proper colours . As the value of this great collection may be conceived from this account , however imperfect ; as the variety of ...
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... paintings , written in the 14th century . A Latin bible , with St. Paul's epistle to the Laodiceans finely illuminated , written in the 11th century , and formerly belonging to the cathedral of Anjou . The Old and New Testament of the ...
... paintings , written in the 14th century . A Latin bible , with St. Paul's epistle to the Laodiceans finely illuminated , written in the 11th century , and formerly belonging to the cathedral of Anjou . The Old and New Testament of the ...
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... paintings , and the whole is adorned with illu- minated ornaments . Three very fair copies of the New Testament , of Wick- liff's translation , all written in his time , and one of them , as is supposed , by his own hand . To one of ...
... paintings , and the whole is adorned with illu- minated ornaments . Three very fair copies of the New Testament , of Wick- liff's translation , all written in his time , and one of them , as is supposed , by his own hand . To one of ...
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