| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 510 Seiten
...distinguished his pictures, drawings, and etchings. There are several engravings from his pictures, one li The Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian maid drawing the shadow of her lover;" and four, in aqua tinta, by Paul Sandby, from drawings made by Allan when at Rome, representing the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 512 Seiten
...distinguished his pictures, drawings, and etchings. There are several engravings from his pictures, one " The Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian maid drawing the shadow of her "lover;" and four, in aqua tinta, by Paul Sandby, from drawings made by Allan when at Rome, representing the... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1833 - 358 Seiten
...whose seat was in the same district. Something like a meeting of the influential and the tasteful of the neighbourhood seems to have been held on the occasion,...his knee, places a lamp, with a clear steady flame on one side, touches his chin modestly with her left hand to keep it in its position, and with her... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1833 - 392 Seiten
...young friend gained, first, a silver medal for his skill in drawing ; and, secondly, the gold me >al of the Academy of St. Luke, for the best historical...hand, extends his right gently round the waist of hig mistress, and holds his face in repose : the maid sits on his knee, places a lamp, with a clear... | |
| John Gorton - 1833 - 820 Seiten
...principles of the fine arts. There are several engravings from his pictures, one of which, entitled the " Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian Maid drawing the Shadow of her Lover," is well known. Mr. Allan died in 1796, highly esteemed. — Supplement to Vfalpoles Painters. ALLAN... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1835 - 592 Seiten
...distinguished his pictures, drawings, and etchings. There are several engravings from his pictures, as," "The Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian maid draw-ing the shadow of her lover," and four in aqua-tinta by Paul Sandby, from drawings made by Allan when at Rome, representing the sports... | |
| 1838 - 1056 Seiten
...His principal painting is the Return of the Prodigal Son. The subject of his prize composition was the Origin of Painting, or the Corinthian Maid drawing the shadow of her lover. This work is well known and much admired. ALLAN, ETHAN, a distinguished military officer in the American... | |
| George Cleghorn (writer on art.) - 1848 - 330 Seiten
...great merit both in conception and drawing, and certainly excels any thing else in the same style that Allan ever painted. The subject is the old poetic...his knee, places a lamp with a clear steady flame on one side, touches his chin modestly with her left hand to keep it in position, and with her right... | |
| George Cleghorn - 1848 - 298 Seiten
...great merit both in conception and drawing, and certainly excels any thing else in the same style that Allan ever painted. The subject is the old poetic...his knee, places a lamp with a clear steady flame on one side, touches his chin modestly with her left hand to keep it in position, and with her right... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1859 - 284 Seiten
...whose seat was in the same district. Something like a meeting'of the influential and the tasteful of the neighbourhood seems to have been held on the occasion,...his knee, places a lamp with a clear steady flame, on one side, touches his chin modestly with her left hand to keep it in its position, and with her... | |
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