Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts (1826)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834 · London : Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major · leaf 270
he greatstaircase near the hall, there were several exangular towerscontaining others. These usually occurred in each angle ofthe great court; and exceeding the roof in height, gave a verypicturesque effect to the whole pile of building, and groupedwith the masses of the lofty and richly ornamented… … [ 228 I CHAPTER VI. State of Painting under Edward VI. and Mary. Un der a minor prince, and amidst a struggleof religions, we are not likely to meet with muchaccount of the arts. Nobody was at leisure tomind or record them. Yet the seeds sown byHenry were not eradicated: Holbein was stillalive. We…
