Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1861)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890 · London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts · leaf 230
nce that day English ware has become as much prized bycollectors as any other. Sir William Hamilton had just returned from the southof Italy when Wedgwoods processes were about completion.He lent some of his specimens from Herculaneum, andothers lent also cameos and antiques of different kinds, all… … From Hogarths Taste in High Life. was then offered for sale by auction, and pur3hased by theDuchess of Portland for 1800 guineas, under agreementthat it should be lent to Wedgwood for the purpose of hismaking a copy. To do this was no easy matter, and it was only after avast expenditure of…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Fore-edge painting
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