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English society of the eighteenth century in contemporary art (1907)

Davies, Randall, 1866-1946 · London, Seeley and co., limited; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 110

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delicioussketch of the Promenade at Carlisle House. John Raphael Smith is so well known as an engraver, that hischarm as a draughtsman has been rather eclipsed by the popularityof his mezzotints after Sir Joshua and others of the great painters,and even this delightful scene at Carlisle House is… … rHE INFLUENCE OF liETNOLDS MD QAINSBOROUGH 55 lamentably scarce, and we may well wish that he had devoted lesstime to engraving and more to drawing. Carlisle House stood at the corner of Sutton Street, on the eastside of Soho Square. It was kept by Mrs. Cornelys, whom Walpoleindirectly stigmatises…

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