Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 211
of skill athome. Two years later, havinghad one of those quarrels withhis master which seem de rigueurWith gifted artists, he returned toDevonshire, and established him-self as a portrait painter atPlymouth Dock, as Devonportwas then called. In 1746 hecame to London, and then,in 1 749, he started… … FIG. 333.—MRS. SIDDONS. (GAINSBOROUGH.) National Gallery. PAINTING-MIDDLE PERIOD he became first President of theRoyal Academy, and in 1 792 hedied. If the leading qualities ofHogarth were the perfectlycoherent ones of disrespect, in-dependence, and a determina-tion to build his monument…
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