American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 186
ence abroad had probably clenched the nail, andhe accordingly returned to Europe, in 1784, never again to entertain doubts about his lifespursuit. Trumbull, now twenty-eight years old, established himself in London, and applied himselfclosely to study. Fully to appreciate his subsequent works,… … AMERICAN ART 667 antique, and of copying pictures executed by the old masters, on the theory that such a courseof study enabled a pupil to obtain proper notions of color and design, as well as superiorconceptions of beauty and of the ideal. This theory in England was held to be orthodox.…
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