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 470
he has left no piece in which there is any trace of a decay of genius or eiiergy., With his powers uuim-^paired to the last, he has been surnamed by the Abb^ Defontaine, The Nestor of Painting. This admirable artist was also an excellent man. His character was irreproachableon the score… … .TAMILS STTLLA. PROM A PAINTING BY HIMSELF. the lady wlioni lie maiTied wlion liewas thirty years of age. The expressionof Ills face, as we see from his portrait,was that of a man kind, and yetcanny. Although genuine and un-affected, he had a certain degree ofpride which made him resent the…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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