in which modern taste findslittle that is relevant to those things with which it canreally sympathise, and leave scenes as fully epic unrecorded 336 A TRUE PAUSE. Chat. VIII. upon their canvas; simply because they belong to theknown things of modern days, instead of to those unseenof so-called… … (Fig. 77.) CAMEO MEDALLION OP MRS. WEDGWOOD.—MAYER COLLECTION. night of January 24, 1704, he rested from his hithertoalmost ceaseless labours, and turned his horses head fromthe glare of the potters ovens into the dreary darknessof the still country lanes which led to the home of hisexpectant bride…
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795 · Wedgwood ware · Pottery -- England
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