 | 1806 - 660 pagina’s
...confident with the genius of the Proteftant Religion. Difappoincd -in this, Mr. .Barry offered, by hlmfclf, to adorn the great room of the Society of Arts with a feties of allegorical paintings applicable ta the pupofes of truit Society. The two largeft pictures... | |
 | Martin Archer Shee - 1809 - 442 pagina’s
...expense. Who will sustain the powers of Genius through such a process ? What are the tempting allurements to an exertion so arduous ? the reasonable hopes of...finished, he obtained, as the whole reward of his labours, — five hundred pounds ! ! ! Nor did the affluence of honours compensate for the penury of... | |
 | Martin Archer Shee - 1809 - 444 pagina’s
...experiment. Barry, ambitious of renown in his art, and hopeless of any opportunity more favourable to hig purpose, proposed to adorn the great room of " the...finished, he obtained, as the whole reward of his labours, — five hundred pounds ! ! ! • Nor did the affluence of honours compensate for the penury... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pagina’s
...art, and hopeless of any opi " portunily more favourable to his purpose, proposed to adorn the. li great room of " the' Society of Arts," with a series...civilization and science. " To complete this extensive work, be devoted himself to poverty " and seclusion for seven or eight years j subsisting on means scarce"... | |
 | 1834 - 614 pagina’s
...give the world bis own idea of the style to which he was devoted ; and, accordingly, offered to adom the great room of the Society of Arts with a series of historical paintings, at his own expense. This magnificent otter being accepted by tbe Society, he... | |
 | 1834 - 730 pagina’s
...determined to give the world his own idea of the style to which he was devoted ; and, accordingly, offered to adorn the great room of the Society of Arts with a series of historical paintings, at his own expense. This magnificent offer being accepted by, the Society, he... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 260 pagina’s
...against the success of portrait-painters as inimical to the progress of historic art. Barry now offered to adorn the great room of the Society of Arts with a series of historical paintings at his own expense. This magnificent offer being accepted by the society, he commenced... | |
 | 1860 - 782 pagina’s
...determined to give the world his own idea of the style to which he was devoted ; and, accordingly, offered to adorn the great room of the Society of Arts with a series of historical paintings, at his own expense. This magnificent offer being accepted by the Society, he... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1808 - 1122 pagina’s
...inconsistent with the ge.nius of the protestant religion. Disappointed in this, Mr. Barry offered, by himself, to adorn the great room of the society of arts with a series of allegorical paintings applicable to the purposes of that society. The two largest pictures are 42 feet... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1808 - 1408 pagina’s
...inconsistent with the genius of the protestant religion. Disappointed in this, Mr. Barry offerad, by himself, to -adorn the great room of the society of arts with a series of allegorical paintings applicable to the purposes of that society. The two largest pictures are 42 feet... | |
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Arts," with a series of pictures, illustrative of the progress of man towards civilization and science. To complete this extensive work, he devoted himself to poverty and seclusion for seven or eight years ; subsisting on means scarcely adequate to the... 