Great pictures, as seen and described by famous writers (1899)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 363
s and rustic children, these cameto be considered his finest works, and it is usual now tospeak of him as a landscape rather than as a portrait painter.But it is more than doubtful whether Wilson did not judgemore truly of his talent than Sir Joshua ; and without wish-ing to place him above… … The Market-Cart. Gainsborough. THE MARKET-CART 269 great President. They contrast with the latter in beingmore silvery and pure, and in the absence of that impastoand richness in which Reynolds indulged, but his figuresare surrounded by air and light, and his portraits generallyare easy and…
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