The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Volume 2Harper & brothers, 1859 - Painters |
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... a Montrose . His strength lay in boldness of effect , simplicity of composition , in artless attitudes , and in the vivid portraiture of individual nature . GEORGE MORLAND . GEORGE MORLAND , the eldest son of OPIE . 183.
... a Montrose . His strength lay in boldness of effect , simplicity of composition , in artless attitudes , and in the vivid portraiture of individual nature . GEORGE MORLAND . GEORGE MORLAND , the eldest son of OPIE . 183.
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Allan Cunningham. GEORGE MORLAND . GEORGE MORLAND , the eldest son of Henry Robert Morland , was born in the Haymarket , London , on the 26th of June , 1763. He came of a race of paint- ers . He was lineally descended from Sir Samuel ...
Allan Cunningham. GEORGE MORLAND . GEORGE MORLAND , the eldest son of Henry Robert Morland , was born in the Haymarket , London , on the 26th of June , 1763. He came of a race of paint- ers . He was lineally descended from Sir Samuel ...
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... Morland resolved not only to share in the profits of his own talents , but also to snatch an hour or so of amusement , without consulting his father . When he made three drawings for his father , he made one secretly for himself , and ...
... Morland resolved not only to share in the profits of his own talents , but also to snatch an hour or so of amusement , without consulting his father . When he made three drawings for his father , he made one secretly for himself , and ...
Page 187
... Morland declared that his son George had refused to begin his copy till it was promised that no one should overlook him , and that he should act in the house as he thought proper . This coarse arrogance was submitted to - young Morland ...
... Morland declared that his son George had refused to begin his copy till it was promised that no one should overlook him , and that he should act in the house as he thought proper . This coarse arrogance was submitted to - young Morland ...
Page 188
... Morland returned to London with a dozen of unfinished portraits , on which he had received little or no money . A well - known nobleman had heard of Morland's talents , and now commissioned him to paint a few pictures , for which he ...
... Morland returned to London with a dozen of unfinished portraits , on which he had received little or no money . A well - known nobleman had heard of Morland's talents , and now commissioned him to paint a few pictures , for which he ...
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