![Painters in the reign of George II. [cont.] On modern gardening. Supplementary anecdotes of gardening in England, by Mr. Dallaway. Catalogue of engravers. Engravers before the reign of James I. to engravers in the reign of George II. Life of George Vertue and list of his works. Appendix. Alphabetical list of engraved portraits. General index PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/igM3AQAAIAAJ?fife=w150-h200)
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Painters in the reign of George II. [cont.] On modern gardening. Supplementary anecdotes of gardening in England, by Mr. Dallaway. Catalogue of engravers. Engravers before the reign of James I. to engravers in the reign of George II. Life of George Vertue and list of his works. Appendix. Alphabetical list of engraved portraits. General index
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Author: The History of Gambling in England
Author: John AshtonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Difference between Gaming and Gambling-Universality and Antiquity of Gambling-Isis and Osiris-Games and Dice of the Egyptians-China and India-The Jews-Among the Greeks and Romans-Among Mahometans-Early Dicing-Dicing in England in the 13th and 14th Centuries-In the 17th Century-Celebrated Gamblers-Bourchier-Swiss Anecdote-Dicing in the 18th Century. Gaming is derived from the Saxon word Gamen, meaning joy, pleasure, sports, or gaming-and is so interpreted by Bailey, in his Dictionary of 1736; whilst Johnson gives Gamble-to play extravagantly for money, and this distinction is to be borne in mind in the perusal of this book; although the older term was in use until the invention of the later-as we see in Cotton's Compleat Gamester (1674), in which he gives the following excellent definition of the word: -"Gaming is an enchanting witchery, gotten between Idleness and Avarice: an itching disease, that makes some scratch the head, whilst others, as if they were bitten by a Tarantula, are laughing themselves to death; or, lastly, it is a paralytical distemper, which, seizing the arm, the man cannot chuse but shake his elbow.
Fake?
Author: Mark JonesPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520070875
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.
The Castles and Abbeys of England
Author: William BeattiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abbeys
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Life, Correspondence & Collections of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel
Author: Mary Frederica Sophia HerveyPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
The Curiosities of Ale & Beer
Author: John BickerdykePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beer
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Drawn from the Antique
Author: Adriano AymoninoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780957339897
Category : Art, European
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"This catalogue examines one of the most important educational tools and sources of inspiration for Western artists for over five hundred years: drawing after the Antique. From the Renaissance to the 19th century, classical statues offered young artists idealised models from which they could learn to represent the volumes, poses and expressions of the human figure and which, simultaneously, provided perfected examples of anatomy and proportion. For established artists, antique statues and reliefs presented an immense repertory of forms that they could use as inspiration for their own creations. Through a selection of thirty-nine drawings, prints and paintings, covering more than four hundred years and by artists as different as Federico Zuccaro, Hendrick Goltzius, Peter Paul Rubens, Charles-Joseph Natoire, Henry Fuseli and Joseph Mallord William Turner, this catalogue provides the first overview of a phenomenon crucial for the understanding and appreciation of European art."--Page 2 of cover.
Genealogical Gleanings in England
Author: Henry Fitz-Gilbert WatersPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Mores Hominum
Author: JuvenalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Verse satire, Latin
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Quadrupeds
Author: William BingleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description