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 1Henry Colburn, publisher, 1850 - Great Britain |
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... paintings 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 ...
... paintings 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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... paintings within . 19th- - . We returned to the Hague , and went to visit the Hoff , or Prince's Court , with the adjoining gardens full of ornament , close walks , statues , marbles , grots , fountains , and artificial music . * There ...
... paintings within . 19th- - . We returned to the Hague , and went to visit the Hoff , or Prince's Court , with the adjoining gardens full of ornament , close walks , statues , marbles , grots , fountains , and artificial music . * There ...
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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 staircase 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 staircase is painted with ...
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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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Page 327 - I went to visit my brother in London; and, next day, to see a new opera, J after the Italian way, in recitative music and scenes, much inferior to the Italian composure and magnificence ; but it was prodigious that in a time of such public consternation such a vanity should be kept up, or permitted. I, being engaged with company, could not decently resist the going to see it, though my heart smote me for it.