 Being exposed in the picture gallery, along with his other works, it was seen either by Mr Edmund Burke or Dr Goldsmith (I am not certain which), who immediately exclaimed, that it struck him as being the precise person, countenance, and expression of...  The Quarterly Review - Page 405edited by - 1909Full view - About this book
 | James Northcote - 1819 - 382 pages
...previous to the year 1771, and finished on what we painters call " a half length canvas," and was, in point of expression, exactly as it now stands,...which, who immediately exclaimed, that it struck him as being the precise person, countenance, and expression of the Count Ugolino, as described by Dante... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 726 pages
...previous to the year 1773, and finished on what we painters call a ' half-length canvass,' and was in point of expression exactly as it now stands, but...which, who immediately exclaimed, that it struck him as being the precise person, countenance, and expression of the Count Ugolino, as described by Dante... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...previous to the year 1771, and finished on what we painters call ' a half-length canvass,' and was, in point of expression, exactly as it now stands,...which, who immediately exclaimed, that it struck him as being the precise person, countenance, and expression of the Count Ugolino, as described by Dante... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 pages
...previous to the year 1771, and finished on what we painters call ' a half-length canvass,' and was, in point of expression, exactly as it now stands,...which, who immediately exclaimed, that it struck him as being the precise person, countenance, and expression of the Count Ugolino, as described by Dante... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, Thomas Gray, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, William Mason - 1852 - 518 pages
...previous to the year 1773, and finished on what we painters call a * half-length canvass,' and was in point of expression exactly as it now stands, but...which, who immediately exclaimed, that it struck him as being the precise person, countenance, and expression of the Count Ugolino, as described by Dante... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 pages
...painted previous to the year 1771, and finished on what we painters call 'a half-length canvas,' and was, in point of expression, exactly as it now stands,...Count Ugolino in his thoughts. Being exposed in the picture-gallery, along with his other works, it was seen either by Mr. Edmund Burke or Dr. Goldsmith,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 424 pages
...Northcote says, the head was painted previous to the year 1771, and finished on a halflength canvas, in point of expression exactly as it now stands —...making it the subject of an historical composition. Being exposed to view in the picture-gallery, with the painter's other works, it caught the eye of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 pages
...previous to the year 1771, and finished on what we painters call «a half-length canvas,' and was, in point of expression, exactly as it now stands,...Count Ugolino in his thoughts. Being exposed in the picture-gallery, along with his other works, it was seen either by Mr. Edmund Burke or Dr. Goldsmith,... | |
 | 1865 - 342 pages
...previous to the year 1771, and finished on what we painters call ' a half-length canvas,' and was, in point of expression, exactly as it now stands,...Count Ugolino in his thoughts. Being exposed in the picture-gallery, along with his other works, it was seen either by Mr. Edmund Burke or Dr. Goldsmith,... | |
 | Edward Hamilton - 1884 - 164 pages
...painted previous to the year 1771, and finished on what we painters call a half-length canvas, and was in point of expression exactly as it now stands, but...Count Ugolino in his thoughts, being exposed in the picture-gallery along with two other works, it was seen either by Mr. Edmund Burke or Dr. Goldsmith,... | |
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