 He begs pardon for giving them so much trouble, but he has painted the picture of the Princesses in so tender a light that, notwithstanding he approves very much of the established line for strong effects, he cannot possibly consent to have it placed...  Bulletin of the Detroit Museum of Art - Page 6by Detroit Museum of Art - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Charles Robert Leslie, Tom Taylor - 1865 - 676 pages
...painted the picture of the Princesses in so tender a light, that, notwithstanding he approves very much of the established line for strong effects, he cannot possibly consent to have it placed higher than 8£ feet, because the likenesses and work of the picture will not be seen any higher ; therefore, at... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1904 - 808 pages
...says that "as he has painted the picture of the Princesses [the three eldest daughters of George III] in so tender a light that, notwithstanding he approves...to have it placed higher than five feet and a half, because the likeness and work of the picture will not be sien any higher; therefore at a word, he will... | |
 | Alfred Ewen Fletcher - 1904 - 304 pages
...painted the picture of the Princesses in so tender a light that, notwithstanding he approves very much of the established line for strong effects, he cannot possibly consent to have it placed higher than eight feet and a half, because the likeness and work of the picture will not be seen any higher, therefore,... | |
 | William Biggs Boulton - 1905 - 482 pages
...Princesses in so tender a light, that, notwithstanding he approves very much of the established rule for strong effects, he cannot possibly consent to have it placed higher than eight and a half feet, because the likeness and the work of the picture will not be seen any higher... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 428 pages
...painted the picture of the Princesses in so tender a light, that notwithstanding he approves very much of the established line for strong effects, he cannot possibly consent to have it placed higher than eight and a half feet, because the likeness and work of the picture will not be seen any higher ; therefore... | |
 | Mary Schell Hoke Bacon - 1908 - 482 pages
...painted the picture of the princesses in so tender a light that, notwithstanding he approves very much of the established line for strong effects, he cannot possibly consent to have it placed higher than eight feet and a half, because the likeness and the work of the picture will not be seen any higher,... | |
 | Mary Schell Hoke Bacon, Dolores Bacon - 1908 - 468 pages
...painted the picture of the princesses in so tender a Kght that, notwithstanding he approves very much of the established line for strong effects, he cannot possibly consent to have it placed higher than eight feet and a half, because the likeness and the work of the picture will not be seen any higher,... | |
 | Richard Redgrave, Samuel Redgrave - 1981 - 628 pages
...hung above the line; but he adds that while this law does very well for pictures of strong effect, ' he cannot possibly consent to have it placed higher than five feet and a half, because the likenesses and work of the picture will not be seen any higher'. Finding the work had not... | |
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