Book of the artists : American artist life, comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists : preceded by an historical account of the rise and progress of art in America (1870)
Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871 · New York : G.P. Putnam & Son · leaf 313
hand, the Moses fillsthe sculptors imagination, and ehcits his earnest admiration. We feel,he declares, that, viewed even in its mere external, it is as simple andmajestic as the Hebrew language. The far sky, with its pallid moon,—the deep, shadowy valley, with its ghostly warriors,—the group on… … IF continuity of purpose, a steady and progressive habitudeof application, absolute loyalty to an ideal standard ofexcellence, could be justly ascribed to Charles LoringElliot, he would not only take a permanently high rank amongAmerican portrait-painters, but his fame would be harmoni-ous and…
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