 | 1764 - 804 sider
...paint candle-lights. He placed the objefl and a candle in a dark room; and looking through a finall hole, painted by day-light, what he faw in the dark chamber. Sometimes he drew portraits and came with that view to England, but found the bufincfs too much en.grofied by Kneller,... | |
 | 1798 - 432 sider
...Hoogftraten, and afterwards with Gerard Dou, from whom he caught a great delicacy of finifhing ; but his chief practice was to paint candlelights. He placed...day-light what he faw in the dark chamber. Sometimes he drew portraits, and came with that view to England, but found the bufinefs too much engroffed by Kneller,... | |
 | Ralph Fell - 1801 - 422 sider
...portrait of William III. of England, by Schalken. It was the cuflom of this artift to place his fubjecl: and a candle in a dark room, and looking through a fmall hole, he painted by day-light what he faw in the dark apartment. Tradition relates, that when he drew William,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1813 - 726 sider
...art, or the mob could decide on merit. He was born at Dort, and soon began to display his genius ; but his chief practice was to paint candle-lights. He...and a candle in a dark room ; and looking through a small hole, painted by day light what he saw in the dark chamber. Sometimes he did portraits in that... | |
 | Francis Charles Laird - 1813 - 440 sider
...art, or the mob could decide on merit. He was born at T)ort, and sooa began to display his genius; but his chief practice was to paint candle-lights. He...placed the object and a candle in a dark room ; and looting through a, small hole, painted by day light what he saw in the dark chamber. Sometimes he did... | |
 | John Britton, Thomas Rees - 1813 - 734 sider
...).;'.. and soon began to display his genius ; but his chief practice was to paint cnmlle-liglits. lie placed the object and a candle in a dark room ; and looking through a email hole, painted h} day light what lie saw ia the dark chamber. Sonictimes he did portraits in that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 sider
...Hoogstraten, and afterwards with Gerard Dow, from whom he caught a great delicacy of finishing ; but his chief practice was to paint candle-lights. He...and a candle in a dark room ; and looking through a small hole, painted by day-light what he saw in the dark chamber. Sometimes he drew portraits, and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 536 sider
...Hoogstraten, and afterwards with Gerard Dow, from whom he caught a great delicacy of finishing; but his chief practice was to paint candle-lights. He...and a candle in a dark room ; and looking through a small hole, painted by day-light what he saw in the dark chamber. Sometimes he drew portraits, and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1816 - 538 sider
...Hoogstraten, and afterwards with Gerard Dow, from whom he caught a great delicacy of finishing ; but his chief practice was to paint candle-lights. He...and a candle in a dark room ; and looking through a small hole, painted by day-light what he saw in the dark chamber. Sometimes he drew portraits, and... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1820 - 384 sider
...painter who displayed much delicacy in finishing, was particularly fond of painting candle lights. He placed the object and a candle in a dark room, and looking through a small hole, painted by daylight what he saw in the dark chamber. He once painted a portrait of King... | |
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Dow, from whom he caught a great delicacy of finishing ; but his chief practice was to paint candle-lights. He placed the object and a candle in a dark room ; and looking through a small hole, painted by day-light what he saw in the dark chamber. Sometimes... 
