Ford Madox Brown; a record of his life and work (1896)
Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939 · London, New York, Longmans, Green · leaf 495
the mereprovision of the not unsuggestive words, twentyhealthy boys, we find not only the boys themselves,but their daily food, their games, their studies, andeven—foreshadowed, it is true—their chastisement. The fresco of Wickliffe on his Trial is themost ambitious and perhaps the most successful… … WICKLIFFE ON TRIAL 373 dramatic centre displayed is almost as enormous asthat which is displayed in Work. Madox Brown describes the picture thus, allowinghimself the luxury of a slight historic dissertation :— John Wickliffe, to whom we owe the first translation of the Bible,was born at Spresswell,…
Brown, Ford Madox, 1821-1893 · Artists
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