The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... Ditto . The Death of Demosthenes - - Boissellier . The Sleep of Jesus - - - - Caracci , Ann . Hercules strangling the Serpents - - - Caracci , August . Girls Drinking - Chaudet . The Flight into Egypt - - Cigoli . Brutus and.
... Ditto . The Death of Demosthenes - - Boissellier . The Sleep of Jesus - - - - Caracci , Ann . Hercules strangling the Serpents - - - Caracci , August . Girls Drinking - Chaudet . The Flight into Egypt - - Cigoli . Brutus and.
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... the col- lection of the Battles of Alexander . It was the last finished , and Le Brun perhaps experienced that fatigue which so long and so laborious a task might have occa- sioned . ASTOR 7 LIBRARY NY THE DEATH OF DEMOSTHENES .. M.
... the col- lection of the Battles of Alexander . It was the last finished , and Le Brun perhaps experienced that fatigue which so long and so laborious a task might have occa- sioned . ASTOR 7 LIBRARY NY THE DEATH OF DEMOSTHENES .. M.
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Or, Biographical Review. ASTOR 7 LIBRARY NY THE DEATH OF DEMOSTHENES .. M. BOISSELIER .. 4 DEMOSTHENES.
Or, Biographical Review. ASTOR 7 LIBRARY NY THE DEATH OF DEMOSTHENES .. M. BOISSELIER .. 4 DEMOSTHENES.
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... Demosthenes , desirous that his country should regain its liberties , declaimed against the ty ranny of the Macedonians : -but Athens had lost all its energy ; and the Athenians , summoned by Antipater to deliver Demosthenes into his ...
... Demosthenes , desirous that his country should regain its liberties , declaimed against the ty ranny of the Macedonians : -but Athens had lost all its energy ; and the Athenians , summoned by Antipater to deliver Demosthenes into his ...
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... Demosthenes . " The instant in which Demosthenes uncovers his face , is that which has been chosen by the artist for the sub- ject of his picture . His composition is judicious ; the expression of Demosthenes well delineated ; and the ...
... Demosthenes . " The instant in which Demosthenes uncovers his face , is that which has been chosen by the artist for the sub- ject of his picture . His composition is judicious ; the expression of Demosthenes well delineated ; and the ...
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