Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)Spooner, Shearjashub
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Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)
Spooner, Shearjashub
Art -- Anecdotes; Artists -- Anecdotes
Morland, George--Sketch of his Life, ii. 197;
his wonderful Precocity, ii, 198;
his early Fame, ii, 199;
his Mental and Moral Culture under an Unnatural Parent, ii, 260;
his Escape from his Thraldom, ii, 201;
his Marriage and Temporary Reform, ii, 202;
his Social Position, ii, 203;
his unpleasant Encounter, ii, 204;
his Stay in the Isle of Wight, ii, 205;
his Novel Mode of fulfilling commissions, ii, 206;
Morland and the Pig, ii, 206;
his Pictures in the Isle of Wight, ii, 207;
his Freaks, ii, 208;
his Dread of Bailiffs, ii, 208;
his Apprehension as a Spy, ii, 209;
his Sign of the "Black Bull," ii, 210;
Morland and the Pawnbroker, ii, 211;
his Idea of a Baronetcy, ii, 212;
his Artistic Merits, ii, 212.
Mosaics, i, 15;
ancient, ii, 55;
of the Battle of Platea, ii, 55.
Mudo, El, and Titian's Last Supper, ii, 14.
Murillo, i. 236;
his Visit to Madrid and Velasquez, i, 236;
his Return to Seville, i, 237;
Murillo and Iriarte, i, 238;
his Death, i, 238;
his Style, i, 239;
his Works, i, 240;
Soult's Murillos, i, 240 and 242;
Castillo's Tribute, i, 242;
his "Virgin of the Napkin," iii, 193;
his pictures in Spanish America, iii, 192;
Anecdote of an Altar-Piece in Flanders, iii, 194;
his Slave Gomez, iii, 195.
Musee Francais and Musee Royal, iii, 302.
Names of Architects designated by Reptiles, ii, 156.
Napoleon--his Love of Art, iii, 274;
his Enlightened Policy to Encourage Art, iii, 275;
his Works at Paris, iii, 276;
The Napoleon Medals, iii, 281;
the Elephant Fountain, iii, 286;
Interesting Drawing, iii, 287;
Sevres China, iii, 288;
Dismantling of the Louvre, iii, 289;
Removal of the Venetian Horses, iii, 296;
Removal of the Statue of Napoleon from the Column of
Austerlitz, iii, 301.
Needles, Cleopatra's, iii, 42.
Niello, Works in, i, 286.
Nineveh and its Remains, ii, 34;
Description of the Royal Palace exhumed at Nimroud, ii, 37;
Layard's description of its interior, ii,39.
Niobe and her Children, Group of, ii, 185;
Schlegel's Criticism, ii, 186.
Nollekens, Joseph, i, 301;
his Visit to Rome, i, 301;
Nollekens and Garrick, i, 302;
his Talents in Bust Sculpture, i, 303;
his Bust of Johnson, i, 304;
his Liberality and Kindness to Chantrey, i, 304;
Nollekens and the Widow, i, 305;
his odd Compliments, i, 306.
Norgate, Edward--his Visit to Italy, Mishaps, and travelling Home on
foot, i, 308.
Northcote, James, and Fuseli, ii, 78.
Numismatics, iii, 269;
Value of the Science to Archaeology, Philology, the Fine
Arts, etc., iii, 270;
70,000 Ancient Medals, iii, 272.
Obelisks, Egyptian, iii, 30;
Number of, at Rome, ii, 152;
Removal of one by Fontana, iii, 33;
Removal of one from Thebes to Paris, iii, 40;
Cleopatra's Needles, iii, 42.
Odeon, the first at Athens, ii, 182.
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