French engravers and draughtsmen of the XVIIIth century (1902)
Dilke, Emilia Francis Strong, Lady, 1840-1904 · London : G. Bell and sons · leaf 153
Wille proposed toreproduce was—if we consider only the time which it required—a very costly matter. When Schmidt came to him as to theportrait of the Count dEvreux, Rigauds first thought was toinquire whether he had les moyens dentreprendre un ouvragede longue haleine. Wille, who had no regular… … Largilliere, and could only obtain that by undertaking to execute Willetwo others—Cromwell and the Prince of Dessau—at the same and hisprice. He received, however, some moneys from his father, towhom he had sent a proof of his portrait of Largilliere in thatexpeflation, but they were soon spent. A…
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