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 523
an nation. Now imitation, although perfect, is but a proof of deficiency. The characteristic of genius is itsoriginality—its creative power in execution and conception ; whereas every imitator must be inferiorto his model, for had he been but on an equality with the great men he has chosen for his… … HIS artist was famous, according to Hagedorn, for the extraordinary skill andtaste with which he managed to introduce a number of small figures into alimited space without over-crowding his canvas. Sometimes, says this cele-brated critic, he would illustrate some architectural ruin with its white…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England) · Painters
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