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Miniatures, ancient and modern (1908)

Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · Chicago : A.C. McClurg · leaf 79

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lizabethce 1577. A French writer, BlaiseVigenere, says that Hilliard painted his minia-tures with a brush made of the hair from asquirrels tail instead of the usual stiff crowsfeather. Hilliard must have been a very successfulman, as he painted most of the very greatpeople of his time, and,… … QUEEN ELIZABETHBy Nicholas HiUiard NICHOLAS MILLIARD 59 to invent, make, grave, and imprint anypictures of our image ; but besides this he hadthe privilege of granting permission to othersto pubHsh portraits of the King, and that noone presume to do so without his licence. Sir Richard Holmes, than…

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