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 50
ough it can hardly beconsidered inferior. The scene is a garden, and the motive is thedisplay of a picture, which is held upright by Cocks the auctioneer,while it is examined closely by Sir Andrew and another man, twoseated ladies regarding it from a distance. A smaller group, andone which compares… … The Dlikk of ^roNTAGUs WEDDING. Front the/^ain HO GARTH ^ND HIS riMES 25 of the Misses Weston, of Stallbridge in Dorsetshire. Here the effectis obtained by the characterisation of the faces of the four girls,there being little opportunity of grouping, and Hogarth shows him-self equally capable. The…
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