Author : Joshua Reynolds
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364752715
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (527 download)
Book Synopsis The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Vol. 1 of 3 by : Joshua Reynolds
Download or read book The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Vol. 1 of 3 written by Joshua Reynolds and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Vol. 1 of 3: First President of the Royal Academy, With an Original Memoir, and Anecdotes of the Author Pated what really happended, that he would prove a rival, with whom there could be no chance of caping. He endeavoured, therefore, to keep down, as much as he could, the aspiring mind of his scholar, and instead of setting him to study after the living model, or the antique, be employed him in copying drawings, particularly those of Guer cino. The youth complied with his humour, and executed every task with an accuracy and spirit that served to increase the astonishment and spleen of Hudson. In this manner he may he said to have wasted above two years of the four for which he was articled; but though his master did all that lay in his power to hinder the progress of his pupil, he could not prevent the ascendency which he dreaded. The portrait of a domestic female, painted by young Reynolds, exhibited such a strength of expression and exactness of resemblance, that Hudson, while he admired the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
