 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 924 Seiten
...with carvings, by Grinling Gibbons, of whose unrivalled excellence Walpole thus eloquently speaks : " There is no instance of a man, before Gibbons, who...elements, with a free disorder, natural to each species."* The general effect on entering the Choir is magnificent; yet the interest is partially destroyed by... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 Seiten
...surprizingly with the motion of the coaches that passed by. There is no instance, says lord •Orford, of a man, before Gibbons, who gave to wood the loose...elements with a free disorder natural to each species. He lived afterwards at Deptford, where Mr. Evelyn, discovering his wonderful talents, recommended him... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - 1814 - 936 Seiten
...excellence Walpole thus eloquently speaks: " There is no instance of a man, before Gibbons, who j;ave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...elements, with a free disorder, natural to each species."* The general effect on entering the Choir is magnificent; yet the interest is partially destroyed by... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 932 Seiten
...instance of a man, before Gibbons, who cave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chinned together the various productions of the elements, with a free disorder, natural to each species."* The general effect on entering Ihe Choir is magnificent; yet the interest is partially destroyed by... | |
 | Thomas Blore - 1815 - 320 Seiten
...surprisingly with the motion of the coaches that passed by. There is no instance, says, Lord Orford, of a man, before Gibbons, who gave to wood the loose...elements with a free disorder natural to each species. He lived afterwards at Dcptford, where Mr. Evelyn, discovering his wonderful talents, recommended him... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 304 Seiten
...(e.itln-r. These were executed by Gibhons, of whom Walpole observed, that he was the first artist " who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...elements, with, a free disorder natural to each species." The Gardens ahound in green-houses, summerhouses, walks, wildernesses, &c. with canals, basons, and... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 420 Seiten
...every man feels as he contemplates these beautiful productions. " There is no instance," he says, " of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose...elements with a free disorder, natural to each species." This is a high compliment, but those who visit this noble mansion will not regard it as overstrained.... | |
 | Ebenezer Rhodes - 1824 - 422 Seiten
...every man feels as he contemplates these beautiful productions. " There is no instance," he says, " of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose...elements with a free disorder, natural to each species." This is a high compliment, but those who visit this noble mansion will not regard it as overstrained.... | |
 | Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - 1824 - 380 Seiten
...ornamented with carvings by Gibbons, who was the first, according to Walpole, who succeeded in giving to wood " the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...elements, with a free disorder natural to each species." In the chancel, or semicircular recess at the east end, stands the communion table. What is called... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 666 Seiten
...they were in part or not the work of the eminent Gibbons, we may observe, with Horace Walpole, " that there is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." It is certain that much of this beautiful carved work at Chatsworth was executed by Watson, who studied... | |
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There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species. 
