John Cassell's Art treasures exhibition: containing engravings of the principal masterpieces of the English, Dutch, Flemish, French, and German schools (1858)
Cassell, John, 1817-1865 · London, W. Kent and co. · leaf 333
s. He passed his life in studying mankind for his own amusement, 320 JOHN CASSELLS ART TREASURES EXHIBITION. and in illustrating on canvas the result of his studies for the amusement of others. Never was therea jolly companion more communicative. Every picture that he has bequeathed to posterity… … THE DANCING DOG. FROM A PAINTING BY JAN STEEN. was, in fact, a chapter of inconsistencies—a toper preaching temperance, glass in hand. There is,indeed, in Beckfords collection, a picture by Steen, entitled The Effects of Intemperance. Theprincipal characters in the piece are the artist himself and…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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