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 132
full of charm and wonder, and could he have brought himselfto earth and forsworn raw pork for supper, his pictures wouldprobably be now as highly prized as those of any of his con-temporaries. Copley seems to have followed ZofFany in his fondness forfamily pictures, and Cunningham, after alluding… … THE CLOSE OF THE CENtURT 67 was required of the artist in this direction. A certain man cameto him, and had himself and his wife and seven children allincluded in a family piece. It wants but one thing, said theman, and that is the portrait of my first wife. But, saidthe artist, she is dead, you…
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