 | 1831 - 722 oldal
...the coaches that passed by. There is no instance (says Lord Orford) of a man before Gibbons, who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...elements with a free disorder natural to each species. He lived afterwards at Deptford, where Mr. Evelyn, discovering his wonderful talents, recommended him... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 oldal
...original genius, a citizen of nature." He adds, " There is no instance before him of a man who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species. It is uncertain whether he was born in Holland or in England."... | |
 | 1834 - 614 oldal
...artist capable of giving to wood, or stone, " the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chaining together the various productions of the elements, with a free disorder natural 10 each species." Such, according to Walpole^ was the effect produced by the chisel of Gibbon* ; in... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1835 - 134 oldal
...is perfectly astonishing. Walpole says, — " There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...elements, with a free disorder, natural to each species." * So delicate was his workmanship, states the same writer, that Gibbons carved a pot of flowers, which... | |
 | Thomas Allom - 1836 - 162 oldal
...or flow'rs, when tremulous they wave." or, as Walpole, with equal poetry, has observed, " who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...with a free disorder natural to each species." In various apartments are fine paintings« among which the ceilings and walls, decorated by Verrio and... | |
 | 1837 - 538 oldal
...execution is quite wonderful. It was said by Walpole, of Gibbons, " that he was the first artist who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...the elements with a free disorder natural to each other." There are six European species, besides several American, particularly the Tilia Americana,... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1839 - 856 oldal
...excellence Walpole thus eloquently speaks : ' There is no instance of a man, before Gibbons, who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...the elements, with a free disorder, natural to each species.'f The sums paid to Gibbons are thus stated in extracts from the books at St. Paul's, made... | |
 | 1837 - 260 oldal
...execution is quite wonderful. It was said by Walpole, of Gibbons, " that he was the first artist who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...the elements with a free disorder natural to each other." There are six European species, besides several American, particularly the Tilia Americana,... | |
 | Book - 1837 - 232 oldal
...execution is quite wonderful. It was said by Walpole, of Gibbons, " that he was the first artist who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...the elements with a free disorder natural to each other." There are six European species, besides several American, particularly the Tilia Americana,... | |
 | George Godwin - 1839 - 774 oldal
...fable. Walpole has truly observed of Gibbons, that there is no instance of a man before him who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...the elements with a free disorder natural to each. These carvings were originally painted after nature by Sir James Thornhill, they were afterwards covered... | |
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There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species. 
