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Title: A hand-book for young painters
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859 Clarke, Harriet Ludlow, d. 1866 Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853 Cooper, James Davis, 1823-1904 Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903 Scharf, George, 1788-1860 Cozens, John Robert, 1752-1797 Girtin, Thomas, 1775-1802
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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hing, and akinto that produced by Cowpers exquisite description ofevening, beginning with— Let fall the curtains.* A higher subject by his hand, and a much moresolemn one, Our Saviour and the two Disciples atEmmaus, possesses the same charm of the silenceof night, broken by a gentle voice, which the paintermakes almost audible. In such Art I fancy I see thereal tone of Rembrandts mind,—serious and medita-tive, but placid, and as far removed from gloom as thesubjects of these pictures; and of all the portraits hehas painted of himself this is the character; in thehead, particularly, in Her Majestys collection, a mindat peace with itself and with all the world, is charm-ingly expressed. His portrait of himself, lately addedto the national collection, though it may be genuine,does not seem to me in any respect to do justice tohis Art. A head stuck close against a wall is a veryuncommon thing from a painter so fond of depth andspace. * This picture is in England, but I know not where.
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