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 34
en to accessories in all Wilkies pictures, we feel convinced that Hogarths style had been thoroughly SIR DAVID WILKIE. 21 studied by him. Examine The Cut Finger. A tarmers wife might make an inventory from it ofall things necessary for her menage. It was not enough to succeed in giving the exact… … more we admire them ; but of course the arresting beauty of his cottage scenes consists in their truthfidness. We can fancy we hear the old dame assuring the boy she will not hurt him, if he will onlystand still. The boy, in roaring agony, negatives all attempt at consolation, and, but for the…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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