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 46
there is only one artist who hasleft us any considerable quantity of them, namely ZofFany. Hogarth,in fact, was an observer of Society rather than of individuals, and hisforte was in dealing with humanity in everyday expressions of itselfrather than in penetrating the characteristics of any single… … HOGARm HIS riMES 23 the canvas was a stage on which men and women must speak and act,and not sit mute and motionless. To him a picture was the means ofexpressing some phase of life, not the mere rendering in paint of thelikeness of a man; and even in a single portrait, like that of JohnBroughton,…
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