The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Volume 1Harper, 1846 - Painters |
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... Sir Richard Grosvenor , for whom the Sigismunda VOL . I. - N was painted , thought as unfavourably of it as Wal- HOGARTH . 145.
... Sir Richard Grosvenor , for whom the Sigismunda VOL . I. - N was painted , thought as unfavourably of it as Wal- HOGARTH . 145.
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... Sir Richard Grosvenor , now Lord Grosve- nor , in the year 1759 , at a time when Mr. Hogarth had fully determined to leave off painting , partly on account of ease and retirement , but more particularly because he had found by thirty ...
... Sir Richard Grosvenor , now Lord Grosve- nor , in the year 1759 , at a time when Mr. Hogarth had fully determined to leave off painting , partly on account of ease and retirement , but more particularly because he had found by thirty ...
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... Sir Richard Grosvenor was short , and could not fail to wound deeply the feelings of Hogarth . " I should sooner have answered yours of the 13th instant , " says this patron of native genius , " but have been mostly out of town . I ...
... Sir Richard Grosvenor was short , and could not fail to wound deeply the feelings of Hogarth . " I should sooner have answered yours of the 13th instant , " says this patron of native genius , " but have been mostly out of town . I ...
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