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Title: Anecdotes of painters who have resided or been born in England : with critical remarks on their productions
Year: 1808 (1800s)
Authors: Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806 Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Anecdotes of painting in England
Subjects: Painters Artists
Publisher: London : Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, for Leigh and Sotheby, W.J. and J. Richardson, R. Faulder, T. Payne, and J. White
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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he year 1780. Theythen returned to the Lyceum in the Strand, where they exhibitedin 1783, though they had long before diipofed of thofe premifes. After this, they made no farther attempts until the year 1790,when they again tried to introduce themlelves to public notice,and fubjoined a preface to the catalogue of their exhibition.The next year they repeated their feeble efforts in the fameroom; but the articles they had then collected were very infignifi-cant, moft of which could not be confidered as works of art ;fuch as pieces of needle-work, fubje&s in human hair, cut paper,and fuch limilar productions, as deferve not the recommendationof a public exhibition. * It was built under the direction of Mr. James Paine, fenior, the architect, andwas well calculated for the purpole. Being defnous of opening this room with fomeeclat, they employed the Rev. Evan Lloyd to write an Ode, which was fet to muficby Mr. Hook, and performed in the room, a few days before their exhibition opened.
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W« HOG A KTH W Oct: iG^ijG* . tfae.2 CjCtcKd Jy Jam-frefund Jrvm. <uiQwimaltyvtbraxt moit in, ffQCMTK t/nKUfiofati ANECDOTES OF PAINTING. IN the reign of George the Second, the Art of PAINTINGfirft appeared with luftre, under the cultivation of theEnglifh Artifts; it was then that Hogarth, Hayman, Reynolds,Ramsay, Scot, and Richard Wilson *, who were natives ofGreat Britain, firft exhibited their talents as Painters; andof thefe the greater part rofe to very high rank, and theirabilities marked with aufpicious diftinction the commence-ment of the reign of His prefent Majesty. Befide thefe Gentlemen, there were many of lefs note, and ofinferior talents; but as their number conftituted the greatbody of the profeffion, their names can by no means beomitted in a work of this kind. * Although Mr. Gainfborough had difcovered considerable talents in landfcapepainting, yet it was not till fome years after, that he difplayed his full powersas an Artift. B Among 2 Anecdotes of Painting. Amo

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