 I could be happy," he very movingly says, "on my going home, to find some corner where I could sit down in the middle of my studies, books, and casts after the antique, to paint this work and others, Where I might have models of nature when necessary,...  The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties - Page 125by George Lillie Craik - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1830 - 374 pages
...proper course of study, and bowed to unprofitable gods. " O, I could be happy," he very movingly says, " on my going home, to find some corner where I could...necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to cover me! I should care not what became of my work when it was done ; but I reflect with horror upon such a fellow... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1833 - 292 pages
...the proper course of study, and bowed to false gods. " Oh, I could be happy," he very movingly says, "on my going home, to find some corner where I could sit down in the middle of my studies, books, and easts after the antique, to paint this work and others, where 1 might have models of nature when neces.... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 438 pages
...time, to another friend, he exclaims, in touching anticipation of the fate that awaited him, ' O, I could be happy, on my going home, to find some corner...accommodations, when he nevertheless determined, for the honour of historic painting, to devote himself to the accomplishment of a great work, requiring much... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...time, to another friend, he exclaims, in touching anticipation of the fate that awaited him, " O, I could be happy, on my going home, to find some corner...accommodations, when he nevertheless determined, for the honour of historic painting, to devote himself to the accomplishment of a great work, requiring much... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Painters - 1831 - 292 pages
...the proper course of study, and bowed to false gods. " Oh, I could be happy," he very movingly says, "on my going home, to find some corner where I could...necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to cover me ! I should care not what became of my work when it was done ; but I reflect with horror upon such a... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 614 pages
...misgivings as to his future success. " Oh ! I could be happy," he says, " on my going home, :o rind some corner where I could sit down, in the middle...nature when necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to carer me ! I should not саге what became of my work when it was done ; but I reflect "with horror... | |
 | Great Britain - 1834 - 730 pages
...appears to have felt some misgivings as to his future success. "Oh ! I could be happy," he says, " on my going home, to find some corner where I could...necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to cover me ! I should not care what became of my work when it was done; but 1 reflect with horror upon such a... | |
 | John Gould - Art - 1835 - 430 pages
...remembered by all who would reach a high degree of perfection in art. ^ "From Rome, in 1769 or 70. " Oh ! I could be happy on my going home, to find some corner...books, and casts after the antique, to paint this work, (the Pandora) and others, where I might have models of nature when necessary, bread and soup, and a... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 260 pages
...he appears to have felt some misgivings as to his future success. " Oh ! I could be happy," he says, "on my going home, to find some corner where I could...necessary, bread and soup, and a coat to cover me ! I should not care what became of my work when it was done; but I reflect with horror upon such a... | |
 | John Gould - Art - 1838 - 432 pages
...remembered by all who would reach a high degree of perfection in art. "From Rome, in 1769 or 70. " Oh ! I could be happy on my going home, to find some corner where I could ait down in the middle of my studies, books, and casts after the antique, to paint this work, (the... | |
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