American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 22
Designed by Ludvig S. Ipsen. DANIEL HUNTINGTON, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. Chapter First. … N American artist was the creator of modern historical painting.When Benjamin West, in the year 1770, contrary to the urgentadvice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, resolved to clothe the actors inhis picture. The Death of General Wolfe, in the costume oftheir time, and to omit the angels and genii that…
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