 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 страници
...his drawings, and this leads me to take up again his facility of execution. " Many of his pictures have no other merit than this facility ; and yet, having it, are undoubtedly valuable. His drawings almost rest on this quality alone for their value ; but possessing it in an eminent degree — and... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 страници
...his drawings, and this leads me to take up again his facility of execution. " Many of his pictures have no other merit than this facility ; and yet, having it, are undoubtedly valuable. His drawings almost rest on this quality alone for their value ; but possessing it in an eminent degree — and... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 826 страници
...his drawings, and this leads me to take up again his facility of execution. " Many of his pictures have no other merit than this facility ; and yet, having it, are undoubtedly valuable. His drawings almost rest on this quality alone for their value ; but possessing it in an eminent degree — and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 968 страници
...and this leads me to take up again his facility of execution. Many of his piffures lnave no' tther merit than this facility; and yet, having it, are undoubtedly valuable. His cIra¿vings alnnof¿ reSt on thmis quality alone f'or their value; but pofl'cuhimig it in aim eminent... | |
 | Amal Asfour, Dr Paul Williamson, Paul Williamson - 1999 - 360 страници
...of his drawings - and this leads me to take up again his facility of execution. Many of his pictures have no other merit than this facility; and yet, having it, are undoubtedly valuable. His drawings almost rest on this quality alone for their value; but possessing it in an eminent degree (and as no... | |
 | 1840 - 792 страници
...his drawings. And this leads me again to take up his facility of execution. " Many of his pictures have no other merit than this facility ; and yet, having it, are undoubtedly valuable. His drawings almost rest on this quality alone for their value, but possessing it in an eminent degree (and no drawings... | |
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His drawings almost rest on this quality alone for their value ; but possessing it in an eminent degree — and as no drawing can have any merit where it is wanting — his works, therefore, in this branch of the art, approach nearer to perfection than... 
