An illustrative supplement to Pilkington's Dictionary of painters : consisting of biographical sketches, and one hundred and thirty-nine portraits (1805)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Pilkington, Matthew, 1701-1784. Dictionary of painters · London : Printed for John Stockdale · leaf 224
me transcribe a picture ofprince Rupert, drawn by a man who was far from ha\ ing the least portion of wit in thatage, who was superior toits indelicacy, and who yet was so overborne by its prejudices,that he had the complaisance to ridicule virtue, merit, talents.—But prince Rupert,-wlas ! was an… … Prince Rfpe^t. SUPPLEMENT TO THE PAINTERS, gCC. 113 Reiices de matliematiques, &, quelqucs talens pour la chimie. Poll jusqua Iexccs,quand Toccasion ne le demandoit pas, fier, &. meme brutal, quand il etoit question deshumaniscr. II etoit grand, 8c navoit que trop mauvais air. Son visage…
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