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Art in England, by Dutton Cook
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Title: Art in England Notes and Studies
Author: Dutton Cook
Release Date: December 31, 2006 [eBook #20237]
Language: English
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ART IN ENGLAND
Notes and Studies
by
DUTTON COOK.
London Sampson Low, Son, and Arston Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1869.
Edinburgh: T. Constable, Printer to the Queen, and to the University.
CONTENTS.
PAGE EARLY ART-SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND 1 VERRIO AND LAGUERRE 15 A SCULPTOR'S LIFE IN THE LAST CENTURY 28 THE RISE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY 55 WIDOW HOGARTH AND HER LODGER 104 ALLAN RAMSAY, JUNIOR 123 GEORGE ROMNEY 142 COSWAY, THE MINIATURE-PAINTER 175 THE STORY OF A SCENE-PAINTER 201 THE STORY OF AN ENGRAVER 230 SIR JOSHUA'S PUPIL 244 HOPPNER AND LAWRENCE 260 THE PUPIL OF SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE 295 TURNER AND RUSKIN 316
PREFACE.
It will be readily understood that this little volume does not affect to set forth anything like a formal history of the rise and progress of Art in England. The fitting treatment of such a theme would need much more space--not to ment