Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 1G. Bell, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... paint- ings and masters of which the Earl of Arundel was possessor , purchased and collected in his travels with incredible expense so as , though Hollar's were but etched in aqua- fortis , I account the collection to be the most ...
... paint- ings and masters of which the Earl of Arundel was possessor , purchased and collected in his travels with incredible expense so as , though Hollar's were but etched in aqua- fortis , I account the collection to be the most ...
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... painted , on a very large table , the bust of Marie de Medicis , supported by four royal diadems , the work of one Vanderdall , who hath set his name thereon , 1st September , 1638 . On Sunday , I heard an English sermon at the Presby ...
... painted , on a very large table , the bust of Marie de Medicis , supported by four royal diadems , the work of one Vanderdall , who hath set his name thereon , 1st September , 1638 . On Sunday , I heard an English sermon at the Presby ...
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... painted with several huntings , and at one end a gordian knot , with rustical instruments so artificially represented , as to deceive an accurate eye to distinguish it from actual relievo . The ceiling of the stair- case is painted with ...
... painted with several huntings , and at one end a gordian knot , with rustical instruments so artificially represented , as to deceive an accurate eye to distinguish it from actual relievo . The ceiling of the stair- case is painted with ...
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... in this church 30 privileged altars , whereof that of St. Sebastian's was rarely painted . " Occasional sentences of the preceding matter are entirely new . We went to see the Jerusalem Church , affirmed to D 2 1641 . 35 JOHN EVELYN .
... in this church 30 privileged altars , whereof that of St. Sebastian's was rarely painted . " Occasional sentences of the preceding matter are entirely new . We went to see the Jerusalem Church , affirmed to D 2 1641 . 35 JOHN EVELYN .
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... painted by Rubens , being an history of the late tumults in Belgia ; in the last piece , the Archduchess shuts a great pair of gates upon Mars , who is coming out of hell , armed , and in a menacing posture ; which , with that other of ...
... painted by Rubens , being an history of the late tumults in Belgia ; in the last piece , the Archduchess shuts a great pair of gates upon Mars , who is coming out of hell , armed , and in a menacing posture ; which , with that other of ...
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