 | 1817 - 552 sayfa
...the temper of an artist ? Wilson's taste was s* exquisite, says Fuseli, and his eye so chaste, that whatever came from his easel bore the stamp of elegance and truth. The subjects he chose were such as did credit to his judgment. They were the selections of taste; and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 556 sayfa
...the temper of an artist ? .Wilson's taste was so exquisite, says FustJi, and his eye so chaste, that whatever came from his easel bore the stamp of elegance and truth. The subjects he chose were sucli as did credit to his judgment. They were the selections of taste ;... | |
 | 1820 - 742 sayfa
...wants incident to age and the decay of powers, he was reduced to solicit the librarian's place in the academy, of which he was one of the brightest ornaments. He died in 1782." . markable for grandeur of composition or expression, or purity of design j and The munificenceof... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 748 sayfa
...wants incident to age and the decay of powers, he was reduced to solicit the librarian's place in the academy, of which he was one of the brightest ornaments. He died in 1782." The munificenceof his presentMajesty, in affording a dignified asylum to the arts by founding... | |
 | 1820 - 746 sayfa
...wants incident to age and the decay of powers, he was reduced to solicit the librarian's place in the academy, of which he was one of the brightest ornaments. He died in 1782." Themunificenceof hispresentMajesty, in affording a dignified asylum tothc arts by founding the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 sayfa
...employment ; but he was at length doomed to undergo indifference and neglect, and was reduced to solicit the office of librarian to the royal academy, of which he was one of the brightest ornaments. lie died in May, 1782. His taste was exquisite; and whatever came from his easel bore the stamp of... | |
 | Matthew Pilkington - 1829 - 632 sayfa
...says, in his figurative manner, that " Wilson's taste was so exquisite, and his eye so chaste, that whatever came from his easel bore the stamp of elegance and truth. The subjects he chose were such as did credit to his j udgment ; they were the selections of taste... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 sayfa
...employment; but he was at length doomed to undergo indifference and neglect, and was reduced to solicit the office of librarian to the royal academy, of which...for contemporary neglect, the fate of Wilson might be considered as fortunate ; for he has been ranked among the greatest artists of modern times. WILSON,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1833 - 570 sayfa
...employment ; but he was at length doomed to undergo indifference and neglect, and was reduced to solicit the office of librarian to the royal academy, of which...taste was exquisite ; and whatever came from his easel I u >r< • thr stamp of elegance and truth. If posthumous, fame could compensate for contemporary... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 sayfa
...employment ; but he was at length doomed to undergo indifference and neglect, and was reduced to solicit the office of librarian to the royal academy, of which...for contemporary neglect, the fate of Wilson might be considered as fortunate ; for he has been ranked among the greatest artists of modern times. WILSON,... | |
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England in 1755, and settled in the metropolis. He had for a while much employment; but he was at length doomed to undergo indifference and neglect, and was... 
