Oxf. Hist. Soc, Volum 82

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Society at Clarendon Press, 1926
 

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Pàgina 73 - Mr. Romney is a painter indeed. He struck off an exact likeness at once ; and did more in one hour than Sir Joshua did in ten.
Pàgina 184 - ... of the queen soon after she was married — a profile, and slightly done: but it was a paragon of elegance. She had a fan in her hand. Lord, how she held that fan! It was weak in execution and ordinary in features — all I can say of it is, that it was the farthest possible removed from everything like vulgarity.
Pàgina 183 - 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 much it wanted. Now and then we find tints and sketches, which show what he might have been, if his hand had been equal to his conceptions. I have seen a picture of his of the queen, soon after she was married ; a profile, and slightly done, but it was a paragon of elegance.
Pàgina 202 - ... of, whom to beware of, what were the dependencies, what were the factions, and the like; keeping (as it were) a journal of his thoughts. There is to this day a merry tale; that his monkey (set on as it was thought by one of his chamber) tore his principal notebook all to pieces, when by chance it lay forth: whereat the court which liked not those pensive accounts was almost tickled with sport.
Pàgina 259 - Bust, three-quarters to r. ; white wig ; clean-shaven face ; square bands ; black gown and scarf ; warm grey background ; painted in an oval spandrel. Canvas 29 X 24£ in.
Pàgina 149 - John Taylor, Esq.' by Pine, and a half length by Wilson of 'William Vanderstegen, Esq.' Over the door was a portrait of the Earl of Lichfield.7 None of these can now be traced. The royal portraits were part of the Holmes bequest, and it is extraordinary that such comparatively modern canvases should have completely vanished. William Vanderstegen and John Taylor were under1 The President of Magdalen. Of this picture Dr. Rawlinson wrote in June 1745 to Thomas Rawlins (Ballard MS. ii, p. 116) : .I met...
Pàgina 41 - Broinley died in 1732. In the Chapter House in 1790.2 (House of the Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology.) 100 THE SAME Bust, three-quarters to r. ; grey hair falling to neck, clean-shaven face ; square bands ; black gown ; dark background ; painted in an oval spandrel. Canvas 29 x 24£ in. Copy of the portrait in Hall, and hung in its present position at some time probably to replace the portrait given by William Bromley now in the house of the Professor of Pastoral Theology. Oxford Exhibition...
Pàgina 284 - Head master of Harrow School, 1829 ; Bishop of Ripon, 1836, of Durham, 1856; Archbishop of York, 1860, of Canterbury, 1862 ; he laid the foundation stone of the College ; d.