The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 398
priety. Lely fupplied the want of taSle with clin-quant ; his nymphs trail fringes and embroidery through meadows and purl-ing Streams. Add, that Vandycks habits are thofe of the times ; Lelys a fortof fantaftic night-gowns, fattened with a Single pin J. The latter was in truththe ladies-painter;… … J. Fe ter Lely, PAINTERS in the REIGN of CHARLES II. 291 tery*, Lelys women are certainly much handfomer than thofe of Vandyck.They pleafe as much more, as they evidently meancd to pleafe ; he caughtthe reigning character, and on animated canvafs ftole The fleepy eye that fpoke the melting foul. I…
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