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 58
re and Shittlecock, Leapfrog,See-Saw, Stealing a Kiss, Quadrille (not the dance but a game ofcards). The Fortune-Teller, Blind Mans Buff, and Building Houseswith Cards; and in most of them the personages are all graceful andattractive, especially the children in their quaint habits, while… … HOGARTH ^AND HIS TIMES 29 a medallion bearing the portrait of an Admiral. The nymphs areamusingly Hogarthian in feature, though in costume they are ofan earlier epoch—that of Eve—and the naval heroes countenanceson the medallion make an effective contrast. It was this picturethat occasioned the…
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