 | Horace Walpole, George Vertue - Artists - 1782 - 358 pages
...child ; on one fide kneels an elderly gentleman with two fons, pne of them a naked infant; oppofite kneeling are his wife and daughters. The old man is not only unlike all reprefentations of Sir Thomas More, but it is certain that he never had but one fon *—For the colouring... | |
 | Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 pages
...Poland bought it/-4>«> ,••y* A *J } It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and Child...all representations of Sir Thomas More, but it is certain that he never had but one son. 1 For the colouring, it is beautiful beyond description, and... | |
 | Michael Bryan - 1849 - 1000 pages
...the present King of Poland bought it It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and child;...all representations of Sir Thomas More, but it is certain that he never had but one son. For the colouring it is beautiful beyond description, and the... | |
 | Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 pages
...of Poland bought it.fx)><x> -'"/^JJ It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and Child;...all representations of Sir Thomas More, but it is certain that he never had but one son. 1 For the colouring, it is beautiful beyond description, and... | |
 | Shearjashub Spooner - Art - 1858 - 336 pages
...remained discernible. Walpole says, " It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and child...infant ; opposite kneeling are his wife and daughters. There is recorded a bon-mot of Sir Thomas on the birth of his son. He had three daughters, but his... | |
 | Shearjashub Spooner - Architects - 1865 - 338 pages
...remained discernible. Walpole says, " It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and child...elderly gentleman with two sons, one of them a naked infant1 opposite kneeling are his wife and daughters. There is recorded a bon-mot of Sir Thomas on... | |
 | Ralph Nicholson Wornum - Artists - 1867 - 454 pages
...present King of Poland bought it. " It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and Child...not only unlike all representations of Sir Thomas The CornMl Magazine, March 1860, p. 328. More, but it is certain that he never had but one son.* For... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Artists - 1876 - 446 pages
...it. It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sita the Virgin and Child ; on one side kneels an elderly...all representations of Sir Thomas More, but it is certain that he never had but one son.1 For the colouring, it is beautiful beyond description, and... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1879 - 606 pages
...the present king of Poland bought it. It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and child...all representations of Sir Thomas More, but it is certain that he never had but one son.1 For the colouring, it is beautiful 1 There is recorded a bon... | |
 | Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison - Art museums - 1906 - 588 pages
...speaking of the picture Walpole says : " It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and Child...all representations of Sir Thomas More, but it is certain that he never had but one son. For the colouring, it is beautiful, beyond description, and... | |
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It was evidently designed for a small altar-piece to a chapel ; in the middle on a throne sits the Virgin and child; on one side kneels an elderly gentleman with two sons, one of them a naked infant; opposite kneeling are his wife and daughters. The old... 
