Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 288
(17709-1851), Newton (1785-1869), Ross (1794-1876), Chalon(1 781 -1860), and Thorbum (1818-1885). The splendor of the Britishschool of portrait miniatures is arather curious phenomenon. For itdepends on qualities which have notdistinguished British art as a whole.It depends on a sense of form,… … FIG. 474.—PORTRAIT OF A LADY. (j. smart.) Mrs. Joseph. ART IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND the Continental miniaturists have equalled Samuel Cooper,Flatman, Hoskins, Laurence Crosse, John Smart, or Cosway, or evensome members of the second flight, in the gift for putting no moreon a square inch or two…
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