Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste von ihrer Wiederauflebung bis auf die neuesten Zeiten: Bd. Die Geschichte der Maleren in Grossbrittanien

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J. G. Rosenbusch, 1808 - Painting - 910 pages
 

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Page 165 - ... that may be had in England, and of the finest colours of Blew, Yellow, Red, Purpure, Sanguine and Violet, and of all other colours that shall be most necessary and best to make rich and embellish the matters Images and stories...
Page 460 - Vandevelde the elder, for taking and making draughts of seafights ; and the like salary of one hundred pounds per annum unto William Vandevelde the younger, for putting the said draughts into colours for our particular use ; our will and pleasure is, and wee do hereby...
Page 642 - An Inquiry into the Rise and Establishment of the Royal Academy of Arts, to which is prefixed a Letter to the Earl of Bute.
Page 215 - A Guide to the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. With a particular Account of the late great Improvements made therein, under the Direction of James Wyatt, Esq.
Page 207 - The Antiquaries Museum; illustrating the ancient Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture of Great Britain, from the Time of the Saxons to the Introduction of the Grecian and Roman Architecture by Inigo Jones, in the Reign of King James I.
Page 257 - The effect of this order appears from a passage in Evelyn's Art of Chalcography : " Had Queen Elizabeth been thus circumspect...
Page 217 - The Monuments and Painted Glass of upwards of One Hundred Churches, chiefly in the Eastern Part of Kent. With an Appendix, containing Three Churches in other counties: to which are added, a small Collection of detached Epitaphs, with a few Notes on the whole.
Page 418 - Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.
Page 258 - Majestie perceiveth that a grete nombre of hir loving subjects are much greved and take great offence with the errors and deformities allredy committed by sondry persons in this behalf, she straitly chargeth all hir officers and ministers to see to the due observation hereof, and as soon as may be to reform the errors already committed, and in the mean tyme to forbydd and prohibit the shewing or publication of such as are apparently deformed, uutil they may be reformed which are reformable.
Page 460 - ... and require you to issue your orders for the present and future establishment of the said salaries to the aforesaid William Vandevelde, the elder, and William Vandevelde, the younger, to be paid unto them and either of them during our pleasure ; and for so doing these our letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge. Given under our privy-seal at our pallace of Westminster, the 20th day of February, in the 26th year of our reign.