The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 3Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808 - Biography |
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... known that he wrote with too much rapidity to be always certain of his facts , has asserted , that England owes its deliver- ance from popish thraldom to an unexpected opposition to the King's desires , and that this mighty change ...
... known that he wrote with too much rapidity to be always certain of his facts , has asserted , that England owes its deliver- ance from popish thraldom to an unexpected opposition to the King's desires , and that this mighty change ...
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... known , but it was , probably , in 1527 , and she was soon after appointed maid of honour to the Queen . The Lord Percy , eldest son of the Earl of Northumberland , and notwithstanding his high rank , a domestic of Wolsey , paid his ...
... known , but it was , probably , in 1527 , and she was soon after appointed maid of honour to the Queen . The Lord Percy , eldest son of the Earl of Northumberland , and notwithstanding his high rank , a domestic of Wolsey , paid his ...
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... known that this monarch , disgusted with the grotesque compositions of the Flemish painters , took in- finite pleasure in contemplating the paintings of Le Brun , whose pencil was at once dignified and prolific , magnifi- cent and ...
... known that this monarch , disgusted with the grotesque compositions of the Flemish painters , took in- finite pleasure in contemplating the paintings of Le Brun , whose pencil was at once dignified and prolific , magnifi- cent and ...
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... known . His father was a butcher , but contrived , nevertheless , to give his son an excellent education . The young man follow- ed his taste for the fine arts ; was for some time upon his travels , and , after having studied the works ...
... known . His father was a butcher , but contrived , nevertheless , to give his son an excellent education . The young man follow- ed his taste for the fine arts ; was for some time upon his travels , and , after having studied the works ...
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... known ; and meeting one day his brother Agostino , in a public walk , surrounded by many persons of rank , he sent him a portrait of his father , whom he represented threading a needle with a pair of spectacles across his nose ...
... known ; and meeting one day his brother Agostino , in a public walk , surrounded by many persons of rank , he sent him a portrait of his father , whom he represented threading a needle with a pair of spectacles across his nose ...
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