Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 2 of 3)Spooner, Shearjashub
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Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 2 of 3)
Spooner, Shearjashub
Art -- Anecdotes; Artists -- Anecdotes
Morland's Escape from the Thraldom of his Father, 201
Morland's Marriage and Temporary Reform, 202
Morland's Social Position, 203
An Unpleasant Dilemma, 204
Morland at the Isle of Wight, 205
A Novel Mode of Fulfilling Commissions, 206
Hassel's First Interview with Morland, 206
Morland's Drawings in the Isle of Wight, 207
Morland's Freaks, 208
A Joke on Morland, 208
Morland's Apprehension as a Spy, 209
Morland's "Sign of the Black Bull," 210
Morland and the Pawnbroker, 211
Morland's idea of a Baronetcy, 212
Morland's Artistic Merits,. 212
Charles Jervas, 213
Jervas the Instructor of Pope, 214
Jervas and Dr. Arbuthnot, 215
Jervas' Vanity, 215
Holbein and the Fly, 216
Holbein's Visit to England, 216
Henry VIII.'s Opinion of Holbein, 217
Holbein's Portrait of the Duchess Dowager of Milan, 218
Holbein's Flattery in Portraits--a Warning to Painters, 219
Holbein's Portrait of Cratzer, 219
Holbein's Portrait of Sir Thomas More and Family, 220
Sir John Vanbrugh and his Critics, 221
Anecdote of the English Painter, James Seymour, 223
Precocity of Luca Giordano, 224
Giordano's Enthusiasm, 225
Luca Fa Presto, 226
Giordano's Skill in Copying, 226
Giordano's Success at Naples, 227
Giordano, the Viceroy, and the Duke of Diano, 228
Giordano Invited to Florence, 229
Giordano and Carlo Dolci, 229
Giordano's Visit to Spain, 230
Giordano's Works in Spain, 231
Giordano at the Escurial, 232
Giordano's Habits in Spain, 233
Giordano's First Picture Painted in Spain, 233
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