...reward of. -his merit by the wits of the time, who did. not understand -the principles -of composition better than he, and who knew little or nothing of...general ruling principles of architecture and painting, Vanbrugh's fate was that of the great Perrault. Both were the objects of the petulant sarcasms of factious...

...abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a painter owes to an architect who composed like a painter,...understand the principles of composition in -poetry tetter than lie, and who knew little or nothing of what he understood perfectly — the general ruling...

...abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a painter owes to an architect who composed like a painter,...defrauded of the due reward of his merit by the wits of the time, who did not understand the principles of composition better than he, and who knew little...

...dwelling." Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the thirteenth of his admirable Discourses, remarks that Vanbrugh " was defrauded of the due reward of his merit by the wits of the time " ; and we can heartily concur in his opinion as a painter, that Vanbrugh, "had originality...

...in a less particular sense, the words that Reynolds used of Vanbrugh who, according to Sir Joshua, 'was defrauded of the due reward of his merit by the Wits of his time'. For as Vanbrugh was directly, so Purcell became indirectly, 'the object of petulant sarcasms of factious...

...abruptly start out of the ground without expectation or preparation. This is a tribute which a painter owes to an architect who composed like a painter ;...architecture and painting. His fate was that of the great Pcrrault : both were the objects of the petulant sarcasms of factious men of letters ; and both have...