Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volumen71Massachusetts Historical Society., 1914 For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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... observe Your good instructions to him , which were very sesonable , this being the first Day he has been able to draw sence You left us . I have no time to add any perticulars about the small pox at present , only that it is very fatal ...
... observe Your good instructions to him , which were very sesonable , this being the first Day he has been able to draw sence You left us . I have no time to add any perticulars about the small pox at present , only that it is very fatal ...
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... observe there is no examples of Art , except what is to [ be ] met with in a few prints indiferently exicuted , from which it is not possable to learn much , and must greatly inhanch the Value of free and unreserved Criticism made with ...
... observe there is no examples of Art , except what is to [ be ] met with in a few prints indiferently exicuted , from which it is not possable to learn much , and must greatly inhanch the Value of free and unreserved Criticism made with ...
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... Observe in the great works of Van dyke , who is the Prince of Portrait Painter [ s ] , how he has mannaged by light and shedow and the Couler of Dreperys made the face and hands apear allmost a Disception . For in Portrait Painting ...
... Observe in the great works of Van dyke , who is the Prince of Portrait Painter [ s ] , how he has mannaged by light and shedow and the Couler of Dreperys made the face and hands apear allmost a Disception . For in Portrait Painting ...
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... observe to you the very few opportunities you have of copying from so good a picture as one of them is . How- ever all I shall add on this head is , that it shall be left entirely to your discretion . I have particularly to beg that ...
... observe to you the very few opportunities you have of copying from so good a picture as one of them is . How- ever all I shall add on this head is , that it shall be left entirely to your discretion . I have particularly to beg that ...
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... observe when you see the picture to be to a degree unnatural , tho I imagine it was in- tended to express the looseness of the bed gown ; but it does not produce that effect . I woud chuse to alter the color of the bed gown from the ...
... observe when you see the picture to be to a degree unnatural , tho I imagine it was in- tended to express the looseness of the bed gown ; but it does not produce that effect . I woud chuse to alter the color of the bed gown from the ...
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Página 15 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.
Página 14 - And I do hereby Revoke and make Void all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made And I do Declare this only to be my Last Will and Testament...
Página 119 - Pleasure from their Performances. This convinces me that young Artists should receive great Pleasure from what they do, as it is that alone can compensate for the great Fatigue which must arise from the prodigeous Length of Time necessary to make a painter, let him have ever so great a Share of Genius. I mention this that he may early in Life be acquainted with the Making of Pictures, and qualify himself for a Painter, and not a Drawing Master. You have a strong Instance on your Side of the Water...
Página 46 - In this country, as you rightly observe, there is no example of art except what is to [be] met with in a few prints indifferently executed, from which it is not possible to learn much.
Página 136 - You say you dont know what I mean by a Peaza. I will tell you than. it is exactly such a thing as the cover over the pump in your Yard, suppose no enclosure for Poultry their, and 3 or 4 Posts aded to support the front of the Roof, a good floor at bottum, and from post to post a Chinese enclosure of about three feet high. these posts are Scantlings of 6 by 4 inches Diameter, the Broad side to the front, with only a little moulding round the top in a plain neat maner. some have Collums but very few,...
Página 82 - Advantage but even of the expence 1 have been at as truly as if you had plundered me on the highway. If you are insensible of the Dishonour you have brought on yourself by this Act, the World will not be so.
Página 61 - ... [shoe-maker?], not as one of the most noble arts in the world. Which is not a little mortifying to me. While the arts are so disregarded, I can hope for nothing either to encourage or assist me in my studies but what I receive from a thousand leagues...
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Página 301 - Could anything be more fortunate than the time of my leaving Boston? Poor America. I hope for the best, but I fear the worst. Yet certain I am she will finally emerge from her present calamity and become a mighty empire. And it is a pleasing reflection that I shall stand amongst the first of the artists that shall have led the country to the knowledge and cultivation of the fine arts...
Página 281 - Deer. 24th, 1774. DEAR SIR, The Business at Town-Meeting was so very arduous that I could not leave it a moment to take leave of You the Day You left us. I hope You will be good eno' to excuse me in this n[e]glect which was unavoidable. the main Point in View — the demolition of Liberty-Pole-Committee, — we could not come to, on that Day, and the Town-Meeting was adjourned to the Tuesday of this Week. and with great perseverance and not without some noise on their side, we obtaind a Vote from...