British painters; with eighty examples of their work engraved on wood (1881)
New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 180
devoting his attention to subjects of high historical character,and more particularly to sacred subjects, suited to church decoration. Weshould not in all probability have seen from his pencil compositions thatmight vie with those of Cornelius, Bendemann, Vos, Kaulbach, Wach, Begas,and other great… … GILBERT. 87 pencil. Thrown back upon such subjects as the taste of the public demands,he brings to his labours all those qualities of Art that are calculated toproduce the most satisfactory result—pleasing imagination, truthful drawing,vivid colouring, effective chiaroscuro, and, when the subject…
Painters · Painting
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
