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 460
ich he may almost be considered the founder. In illustrating Scarrons Comic Romance Oudry v^as less at home; though, at times, we must ownOudrys sketches are as free as Scarrons letterpress. But the subject wa% on the whole, too coarse forthe virtuous and steady artist; and, to be candid, re… … ESPORTES was the earliest painter of the French school who made animals andhunting-scenes his principal study. This school had existed and flourishedfor at least a hundred and fifty years before any artist thought it worth hisv/hile to devote his genius to the delineation of animals, at least, with…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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