 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...; among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced shaking hands with one of the principal figures. This is perhaps the first picture, of portraits, in...they are correctly drawn, both head and figures, and well coloured ; and have great variety of action, characters and countenances, and those so lively... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...; among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced shaking hands with one of the principal figures. This is perhaps the first picture, of portraits, in...they are correctly drawn, both head and figures, and well coloured; and have great variety of action, characters and countenances, and .those so lively... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pages
...whole-length; among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced shaking hands with one of the principal figures. This is perhaps the first picture, of portraits, in...other I have ever seen: they are correctly drawn, both heads and figures, and well coloured; and have great variety of action, characters and countenances,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 pages
...entertain a high idea when they are told that sir Joshua Reynolds has given it as his opinion that it is perhaps the first picture of portraits in the world,...qualities which make a perfect portrait, than any other sir Joshua had ever seen. They are correctly drawn, both head and figures, and well coloured ; and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 536 pages
...entertain a high idea when they are told that sir Joshua Reynolds has given it as his opmion that it is perhaps the first picture of portraits in the world,...qualities which make a perfect portrait, than any other sir Joshua had ever seen. They are correctly drawn, both head and figures, and well coloured ; and... | |
 | 1814 - 540 pages
...entertain a high idea when they are told that sir Joshua Reynolds has given it as his opinion that it is perhaps the first picture of portraits in the world,...qualities which make a perfect portrait, than any other sir Joshua had ever seen. They are correctly drawn, both head and figures, and well coloured ; and... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced, shaking hands with one of the principal figures. This is perhaps the first picture of portraits, in...other I have ever seen: they are correctly drawn, both heads and figures, and well coloured ; and have great variety of action, characters, and countenances,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced, shaking hands with one of the principal figures. This is perhaps the first picture of portraits, in...other I have ever seen: they are correctly drawn, both heads and figures, and well coloured ; and have great variety of action, characters, and countenances,... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 pages
...among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced, shaking bauds with one of the principal figures. This is perhaps the first picture of portraits, in...other I have ever seen: they are correctly drawn, both heads and figures, and well coloured; and have great variety of'action, characters, and countenances,... | |
 | Matthew Pilkington - 1829 - 586 pages
...of this painting, and a better j udge, Sir Joshua Reynolds, says, " that this is perhaps the finest picture of portraits in the world ; comprehending...which make a perfect portrait than any other I have seen ; they are correctly drawn, both heads and figures, and well coloured, and have great variety... | |
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This is perhaps the first picture of portraits in the world, comprehending more of those qualities which make a perfect portrait", than any other I have ever seen... 
