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" If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us the honourable distinction of an English school, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the art, among the very first of that rising name. "
General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent ... - Page 273
by John Aikin - 1803
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The works of sir Joshua Reynolds. To which is prefixed an account ..., Volume 2

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...as to draw from his excellencies and defects, matter of instruction to the Students in our academy. If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient...the Art, among the very first of that rising name. That our reputation in the Arts is now only rising, must be acknowledged ; and we must expect our advances...
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ...: Containing His ..., Volume 2

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...as to draw from his excellencies and defects, matter of instruction to the Students in our academy. If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient...the Art, among the very first of that rising name. That our reputation in the Arts is now only rising, must be acknowledged ; and we must expect our advances...
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The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight ; Late President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 442 pages
...from his excellencies and defects, matter of instruction to the Students in our academy. If ever thii nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire...the Art, among the very first of that rising name. That our reputation in the Arts is now only rising, must be acknowledged ; and we must expect our advances...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 pages
...at the royal academy soon after his death, by its truly exalted president, it is said of him, " that if ever this nation should produce genius sufficient...transmitted to posterity in the history of the art among the first of that rising name." — " Whether he most excelled in portraits, landscapes, or fancy pictures,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 pages
....the royal academy soon after his death, by its truly exalted 'president, it is said of'. him, " that if ever this nation should .produce genius sufficient...transmitted to posterity in the history of the art among the first of that rising name." — " Whether he most excelled in portraits, landscapes, or fancy pictures,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 102

1867 - 816 pages
...of his great contemporary. "If ever," said Reynolds in his discourse delivered before the Academy, " this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire...history of the art among the very first of that rising school." The recent exhibition at Kensington proved how little Gainsborough stood in need of apology...
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The Suffolk Garland: Or, a Collection of Poems, Songs, Tales, Ballads ...

James Ford - 1818 - 432 pages
...says Sir Joshua .Reynolds, this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us the honorable distinction of an English School, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity among the first of that rising name. Whither he most excelled in portraits, landscapes, or fancy pictures,...
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The literary works [&c.]. In which is included a memoir by J ..., Volume 1

sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...as to draw from his excellencies and defects, matter of instruction to the Students in our Academy. If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient...the Art, among the very first of that rising name. That our reputation in the Arts is now only rising, must be acknowledged ; and we must expect our advances...
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The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Kt. Late President of the Royal ...

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...as to draw from his excellencies and defects, matter of instruction to the Students in our Academy. If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient...the Art, among the very first of that rising name. That our reputation in the Arts is now only rising, must be acknowledged ; and we must expect our advances...
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The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds : Comprising Original Anecdotes of ..., Volume 2

James Northcote - 1819 - 388 pages
...should produce genius sufficient to acquire for us the honorable distinction of an English School, then the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity,...the art, among the very first of that rising name : and after shewing that he had owed much of his excellence to his love for the art, he expressed himself...
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