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used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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The Royal Academician Charles Leslie (1794-1859) also wrote
biographies of fellow painters. His life of John Constable and a
two-volume work on Sir Joshua Reynolds are also reissued in this
series. On his death, the Reynolds work was completed by the
journalist and dramatist Tom Taylor (1817-80), who also edited
Leslie's two-volume autobiography, published in 1860. Though born
in London, Leslie was an American, a child prodigy in drawing, who
returned to Britain in 1811 to study painting with Benjamin West
and Washington Allston. He had enormous admiration for the
paintings of his contemporaries and of the previous generation, and
his reminiscences are intended to preserve 'some recollections of
those chiefly whom I could praise'. Volume 1 of this lively and
self-deprecating work, full of good-humoured anecdotes, is prefaced
by an introductory essay by Taylor on Leslie and his art.
The Royal Academician Charles Leslie (1794-1859) also wrote
biographies of fellow painters. His life of John Constable and a
two-volume work on Sir Joshua Reynolds are also reissued in this
series. On his death, the Reynolds work was completed by the
journalist and dramatist Tom Taylor (1817-80), who also edited
Leslie's two-volume autobiography, published in 1860. Though born
in London, Leslie was an American, a child prodigy in drawing, who
returned to Britain in 1811 to study painting with Benjamin West
and Washington Allston. He had enormous admiration for the
paintings of his contemporaries and of the previous generation, and
his reminiscences are intended to preserve 'some recollections of
those chiefly whom I could praise'. Volume 2 of this lively and
self-deprecating work, full of good-humoured anecdotes, consists of
extensive extracts from Leslie's letters and an appendix listing
his paintings.
This two-volume life of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 92) was begun by
the Royal Academician Charles Leslie (1794 1859), who had
previously published a life of John Constable, also reissued in
this series. On Leslie's death, the journalist and dramatist Tom
Taylor (1817 80) completed the work, published in 1865. Leslie's
motive was that he felt that Reynolds had been unfairly treated by
an earlier biography. He aimed to show that Reynolds was 'the
genial centre of a most various and brilliant society, as well as
the transmitter of its chief figures to our time by his potent
art'. One of the greatest artists of the eighteenth century,
especially famous for his portraits, Reynolds was also instrumental
in founding the Royal Academy, and was its first president. Volume
1 covers his early life and his progress as an artist until his
fiftieth year."
This two-volume life of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 92) was begun by
the Royal Academician Charles Leslie (1794 1859), who had
previously published a life of John Constable, also reissued in
this series. On Leslie's death, the journalist and dramatist Tom
Taylor (1817 80) completed the work, published in 1865. Leslie's
motive was that he felt that Reynolds had been unfairly treated by
an earlier biography. He aimed to show that Reynolds was 'the
genial centre of a most various and brilliant society, as well as
the transmitter of its chief figures to our time by his potent
art'. One of the greatest artists of the eighteenth century,
especially famous for his portraits, Reynolds was also instrumental
in founding the Royal Academy, and was its first president. Volume
2 begins in 1773, and ends with Reynolds' death. Leslie also
provides an assessment of his status as an artist."
First published in 1843 and reissued here in its expanded second
edition of 1845, this biography represents an early and informed
portrait of the prolific landscape artist and draughtsman John
Constable (1776 1837). An upbringing in the East Anglian
countryside and his first sighting of a painting by Claude Lorrain
inspired his lifelong dedication to capturing scenes from nature,
reflected in early works such as Dedham Vale (1802) and in his
mature masterpieces, notably The Hay Wain (1821). Prepared by
Charles Robert Leslie (1794 1859), a close friend and fellow member
of the Royal Academy, this work is based principally on his
collection of Constable's letters and papers, drawing also on
friends' accounts of the artist. Illuminating his relationship with
Maria Bicknell and the influence of early mentor Sir George
Beaumont, the book details the development of Constable's career,
revealing the nature of his opinions and anxieties.
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A History Of England
Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher; Rudyard Kipling
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