Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 285
f Monk, at Windsor ; andseveral in the magnificent collection of the Duke of Buccleuch. 4Noportrait by Van Dyck . . . brings us into such intimate rela-tion with a personality as do Samuel Coopers miniatures . . .and how profoundly artistic they are ! Each occupies its narrowsurface to perfection,… … will allow, no attempt to rival workon a larger scale. Solicitude is con-centrated on the heads, and there everytouch helps to add intensity to theartists record of the man before him.A fine Cooper is a triumph of selec-tion, of precision in the right place,of suggestion in the right place,…
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