An outline history of painting for young people and students (1883)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, White, Stokes, & Allen · leaf 271
examine it, and when she saw thename she smiled. The artist said : I could not lose theopportunity of sending my name to posterity on the hem ofyour garment. Sir Joshua Reynolds fame rests upon his portraits, andin these he is almost unrivalled. His pictures of childrenare especially fine. It was… … Fig. 72.— MubCiPUi.A. By Reynolds. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. 257 traits he had painted, and when new-comers had lookedthem over and chosen the position they wished, he sketchedit on canvas and then made the hkeness to correspond. Inthis way, when at his best, he was able to paint a portraitin about four…
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