| 1802 - 888 Seiten
...Gibbon, •whose art penetrated all materials, carved that beautiful pedestal of marble at Windsor, for the -equestrian statue of the king, in the principal...The fruit, fish, and implements of shipping, are all exquisite. The man and horse may serve for a sign to draw the eye of the passenger to the pedestal.... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 Seiten
...star and garter, and other ornaments, finished with great perfection. At Windsor too, he carved the beautiful pedestal in marble, for the equestrian statue...the king in the principal court. The fruit, fish, implements of shipping, are all exquisite ; the base of the figure at Charing-cross, and the statue... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 Seiten
...ornaments, finished with great perfection. At Windsor too, he cary;ed the beautiful pedestal in mar-, ble, for the equestrian statue of the king in the principal court. The fruit, fish, implements of shipping, are all exquisite ; the base of the figure at Charing- cross, and the statue... | |
| Thomas Faulkner - 1829 - 444 Seiten
...his palaces, particularly at Windsor. Here he carved the mnchadmired foliage in the Chapel, and the beautiful pedestal in marble for the equestrian statue of the King in the principal Court The statue of Charles II. in the Royal Exchange, was also the work of this artist; but the talent of Gibbons... | |
| Robert Richard Tighe - 1858 - 778 Seiten
...set oil a rich 1 Horace Walpole compliments the pedestal at the expense of the statue. He says — "At Windsor, too, Gibbons, whose art penetrated all...sign to draw the passenger's eye to the pedestal." * On the hoof of the horse is cast "Josias Ihacli Stada, Bramensis [Bremensis (Walpole)] 1670 fudit."... | |
| Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1879 - 606 Seiten
...in the sculptor's own house, and afterwards purchased and placed by the Duke of Chandos at Cannons. At Windsor too, Gibbons, whose art penetrated all...beautiful pedestal in marble for the equestrian - statue 1 So he wrote his name himself, and not ' Grinlin,' as it is on his print. 2 Under the statue is an... | |
| 1879 - 578 Seiten
...at all that he will prove as great a master in statuary art." Walpole, however, says, " At Windsor, Gibbons, whose art penetrated all materials, carved...pedestal in marble for the equestrian statue of the lung in the principal court " ; but presently subjoins, " The talent of Gibbons, tho' he practised... | |
| Otto Hofmann - 1915 - 84 Seiten
...folgende Fassung: „At Windsor too, Gibbons, whose art penetrated all materials, carved that beautiiul pedestal in marble for the equestrian statue of the king in the principal court. The fruit, fish, implements of shipping are all exquisite: the man and horse may serve for a sign to draw a passenger's... | |
| 1879 - 718 Seiten
...at all that he will prove as great a master in statuary art." Walpole, however, says, " At Windsor, Gibbons, whose art penetrated all materials, carved...equestrian statue of the king in the principal court " ; but presently subjoins, " The talent of" Gibbons, tho" he practised in all kinds, did not reach... | |
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