Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 203
andthe absurdity of our lay methods. There you may find not a fewwell-conceived wall pictures—those, for instance, of Mr. Abbey andMr. Macbeth—but the enterprise, as a whole, is totally ruined bythe remarkable procedure of allowing independent commissions tobe given, and every artist to play his… … fig. 317.—marriage a la mode, toilet scene, (hogarth.) National Gallery. FIG. 318.—REYNOLDS. (BY HIMSELF.) Royal Academy. FIG. 319.—RAEBURN. (BY HIMSELF.) National Gallery, Edinburgh. CHAPTER XIVPAINTING-MIDDLE PERIOD The history of English painting, from the destruction of itsancient nurseries,…
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