 | Karl Elze - 1872 - Страниц: 554
...remarks of the American painter West, who at a later period painted Byron's portrait at Leghorn. ' When he was silent, he was a better sitter than before;...assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as though he were thinking of a frontispiece for " Childe Harold." '—Moore's Life, v. 844. * See Thorwaldsen's... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - Страниц: 612
...Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy in England. " I found him a bad sitter," says Mr. West. " He talked all the time, and asked a multitude of questions...how I liked Italy, what I thought of the Italians, etc. He assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as though he were thinking of a frontispiece... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - Страниц: 648
...Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy in England. " I found him a bad sitter," says Mr. West. " He talked all the time, and asked a multitude of questions...how I liked Italy, what I thought of the Italians, etc. He assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as though he were thinking of a frontispiece... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - Страниц: 658
...Stanzas by LEL" West's account of the sitting is quoted by Moore (Life, p. 562). " On the day appointed, I arrived at two o'clock, and began the " picture....how I liked Italy, "what I thought of the Italians, etc. When he was silent, he was " a better sitter than before ; for he assumed a countenance that did... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - Страниц: 654
...Stanzas by LEL" West's account of the sitting is quoted by Moore (Life, p. 562). " On the day appointed, I arrived at two o'clock, and began the " picture....how I liked Italy, ' what I thought of the Italians, etc. When he was silent, he was ' a better sitter than before ; for he assumed a countenance that did... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904 - Страниц: 644
...Stanzas by LEL" West's account of the sitting is quoted by Moore (Life, p. 562). " On the day appointed, I arrived at two o'clock, and began the ' picture....how I liked Italy, ' what I thought of the Italians, etc. When he was silent, he was ' a better sitter than before ; for he assumed a countenance that did... | |
 | Ethel Colburn Mayne - 1912 - Страниц: 382
...agrees with that of the American painter William Edward West, who later painted Byron at Leghorn. " He assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as if he were thinking of a frontispiece for Childe Harold". The bust, which was done for Hobhouse, is now in... | |
 | Ethel Colburn Mayne - 1924 - Страниц: 500
...agrees with that of the American painter William Edward West, who later painted Byron at Leghorn. " He assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as if he were thinking of a frontispiece for Childe Harold ". The bust, which was done for Hobhouse, is now... | |
 | 1914 - Страниц: 1058
...talked all the time, asking a multitude of questions about America. . . . When he was silent he was a no better sitter than before, for he assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as though he was thinking of a frontispiece for 'Childe Harold.' " Thorwaldsen, too, seems to have had... | |
 | Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di) - 2005 - Страниц: 736
...(1788-1857), from Philadelphia, had come to Italy to study painting in 1819. On the day appointed, I arrived at two o'clock, and began the picture. I...assumed a countenance that did not belong to him, as though he were thinking of a frontispiece for Childe Harold. In about an hour our first sitting terminated,... | |
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On the day appointed, I arrived at two o'clock, and began the picture. I found him a bad sitter. He talked all the time, and asked a multitude of questions about America — how I liked Italy, what I thought of the Italians, &c. When he was silent, he... 
