 | Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1832 - 338 pages
...if he did not achieve a first-rate name, it was for want of subjects rather than of genius ; and I shall conclude, with the more detailed opinion of...the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches, which show what he might have been if his... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1832 - 358 pages
...first-rate name, it was for want of subjects rather than of genius ; and I shall conclude,with themore detailed opinion of Northcote, in his lately published...the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches, which show what he might have been if his... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...if he did not achieve a first-rate name, it was for want of subjects rather than of genius ; and I shall conclude, with the more detailed opinion of...the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches, which show what he might have been if his... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 614 pages
...Sir Joshua med to say, that he wu th« most sensible among all the painters of his time; but he haa left little to show it. His manner was dry and timid...the middle of his work because he knew exactly how much It wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches, which show what he might have been, if his... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 730 pages
...of subjects rather than of genius. Northcote, in his Conversations, speaks of him as follows : — " There was Ramsay, of whom Sir Joshua used to say,...the middle of his work because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches, which show what he might have been, if his... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...more elegance, than in Ramsay's." Northcote, in his ' Conversations,' speaks of him as follows : — " There was Ramsay, of whom Sir Joshua used to say,...the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches which show what he might have been if his hand... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...more elegance, than in Ramsay's." Northcote, in his ' Conversations,' speaks of him as follows : — " There was Ramsay, of whom Sir Joshua used to say,...the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches which show what he might have been if his hand... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Art - 1844 - 462 pages
...by George III. " There was Ramsay, of whom Sir Joshua used to eay that he was the most sensible of all the painters of his time, but he has left little to shew it ; his manner was dry and timid." — Narihcote.'] 1 88 The Duchess of Brunswick — sister... | |
 | George Cleghorn - Art - 1848 - 298 pages
...at Fleurs Castle, the seat of the Duke of Roxburgh. Northcote, in his " Conversations," remarks, " There was Ramsay, of whom Sir Joshua used to say that...the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches which show what he might have been, if his... | |
 | George Cleghorn (writer on art.) - 1848 - 330 pages
...at Flours Castle, the seat of the Duke of Roxburgh. Northcote, in his " Conversations," remarks, " There was Ramsay, of whom Sir Joshua used to say that...the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches which show what he might have been, if his... | |
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There was Ramsay, of whom Sir Joshua used to say, that he was the most sensible among all the painters of his time, but he has left little to show it. His manner was dry and timid. He stopped short in the middle of his work, because he knew exactly how... 
