Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, A[lfred] H[enry], [from old catalog] ed · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 197
-^ BEGGAR BOYS AFTER THE PICTURE BY GAINSBOROUGH 163 164 ClumDer what is considered to be one of the finest marble chimneypiecesin the country ; it was bought at Beckfords sale at Fonthill:the chiselling is really exquisite, and the figures are relieved by atinted background. The pictures in this… … WILLIAM CAVENDISH, FIRST DUKE OF NEWCASTLE BY DOBSON Among them are Gainsboroughs Beggar Boys ; the Portraitof an Orator by Rembrandt; Sigismunda Mourning over theHeart of her Murdered Lover, by Correggio. The story goes thatHogarth, seeing this picture, backed himself to paint a better ofthe same…
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