 | David Hughson - 1807 - 692 Seiten
...Before we quit this place, we must notice the brazen statue of James II. erected by Grinlin Gibbons; the attitude is fine, the manner free and easy, the...perfect, and the expression in the face inimitable: it explains the very soul of that unhappy monarch, and is therefore as valuable as if it commemorated... | |
 | David Hughson - 1807 - 696 Seiten
...notice the brazen statue of James II. erected by Grinlin Gibbons ; the attitude is fine, the manner tree and easy, the execution finished and perfect, and the expression in the face inimitable: it explains the very soul of that unhappy monarch, and is therefore as valuable as if it commemorated... | |
 | John Britton - 1815 - 920 Seiten
...Gibbous, in Scotland Yard. The attitnde of this figure has been described as singularly fine, the mauner free and easy, the execution finished and perfect, and the expression in the face inimitable. * This conjecture is strengthened by Fuller's statement, that there was but just room to receive the... | |
 | David Hughson - 1817 - 810 Seiten
...Before we quit this place, we should notice the brazen statue of James the Second, by Grinlin Gibbons; the attitude is fine, the manner free and easy, the...execution finished and perfect; and the expression of the face is inimitable, as it depicts the very soul of the unhappy monarch whom it is intended to... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1839 - 604 Seiten
...by Grinlin Gibhons, in Scotland-yard. The attitude of this figure has been described as singularly fine, the manner free, and easy, the execution finished...perfect, and the expression in the face inimitable. This passage still remains, at the north end of the room, and is at present a door to a small additional... | |
 | England - 1848 - 710 Seiten
...statue of James II. It was cant by Grinlin Gibbons in 1687, the year previous to his forfeiture. " The attitude is fine, the manner free and easy, the...execution finished and perfect, and the expression in the iace inimitable : it explains the very soul of that unhappy monarch, and is therefore as valuable as... | |
 | 1851 - 722 Seiten
...statue of James II. It was cast by Grinlin Gibbons in 1687, the year previous to his forfeiture. " The attitude is fine, the manner free and easy, the...perfect, and the expression in the face inimitable : it explains the very soul of that unhappy monarch, and is therefore as valuable as if it commemorated... | |
 | Edgar Sheppard - 1902 - 540 Seiten
...statue,' says Hughson, ' is a fine performance, possessing grace and dignity in a superior degree. The attitude is fine, the manner free and easy, the...execution finished and perfect, and the expression of the face is inimitable, as it depicts the very soul of the unhappy monarch whom it is intended to... | |
 | Osbert Sitwell - 1928 - 202 Seiten
...grandeur and simplicity," but Strype, a hundred years earlier, says: " The Attitude is fine, the Manner is free and easy, the Execution finished and perfect, and the Expression in the Face inimitable, explaining the very Soul of that unhappy monarch, and is, therefore, as valuable as if it commemorated... | |
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Gibbons; the attitude is fine, the manner free and easy, the execution finished and perfect, and the expression in the face inimitable: it explains the very soul of that unhappy monarch, and is therefore as valuable as if it commemorated the features... 