...the walls, is quite wonderful. It was of him that Walpole justly said, ' 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 lime tree is still, however, used by the carver, and we hope that the art of wood carving may gradually...

...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...

...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...

...The most marvellous work of all is a net of game; you imagine at the first glance that the gamekaeper has hung up his day's sport on the wall, and that...plenty of proof that the hand of Samuel Watson, a Derby shire man, was extensively employed under him. Rhodes, in his interesting Peak Scenery, has preserved...

...constructions. The interior is also enriched by the beautiful carvings of Gibbon, of whom Walpole writes, " he gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...elements, with a free disorder natural to each species." The talents of Verrio, Laguerre, Ricard, and Thornhill, were employed in painting ceilings, and staircases,...

...Cambridge. These graceful and light wreaths well deserve the praise bestowed on them by Horace \Valpole. "There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." Notwithstanding the remarks which, in the former part of my letter, I made respecting the odours of...

...there is no instance of a man wh6 could give to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chain together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species." And after having enumerated others of his celebrated works, such as those at Windsor, Chatsworth, Burleigh,...

...comeulogises Grinlin Gibbon : — " Walpole remarks truly, 'that there is no instance of a man before Gibbon who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers,...elements, with a free disorder, natural to each species.' And so delicate was the workmanship of Gibbon, according to the same authority, that a carved pot of...

...with carvings, by Grinley 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. Many of the monuments...

...with carvings by Grinhng 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...