 | Stephen Jones - 1799 - 456 pages
...his teacher, ami the woods of Suffolk his academy. Here he would pass in solitude hie mornings, in making a sketch of an antiquated tree, a marshy brook,...few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objech that were pic. sented. From delineation he got to colouring; and after painting several... | |
 | Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 pages
...teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy. Here he was accustomed to pass^ his mornings in sketching an antiquated tree, a marshy brook, a few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or other casual subjects, which presented themselves. From delineation, he proceeded to colouring; and... | |
 | 1806 - 224 pages
...Here he would pass ''his mornings in solitude, makhjg ''a' sketch of an antiquated tree, 'a^"inarstiy 'brook,' a few cattle, 'a shepherd and his flock,...him with an opportunity of displaying his powers in repre' sen ting the human countenance. In the neighbourhood of his father lived a very respectable... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 638 pages
...his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy. Here he would pass in solitude his mornings, in making a sketch of an antiquated tree, a marshy brook,...few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objects that occurred to him. From delineation he got to colouring ; and after painting... | |
 | 1811 - 644 pages
...his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy. Here he would pass in solitude his mornings, in making a sketch of an antiquated tree, a marshy brook,...few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objects that occurred to him. From delineation he got to colouring ; and after painting... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1811 - 490 pages
...Suffolk hi* academy. Here he would pass ta solitude his mornings, in making a ¡ketch of an old пес, a marshy brook, a few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objects that were presented. From delineation he proceeded to colouring ; and after painting... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...propensity for painting, and i'rom passing the solitary mornings of his youth in making a sketch of an old tree, a marshy brook, a few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objects he met with in the country he came to London, where he acquired great eminence a.a... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...nature in the woods of his native county. Here he was accustomed to pass his mornings in sketching an antiquated tree, a marshy brook, a few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, orother casual objects. From Sudhury he went to London, •where he became a portrait painter, in which... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 pages
...his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy, where he would pass in solitude Ins mornings, in making a sketch of an antiquated tree, a marshy brook,...few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objects that were presented. From delineation he got to colouring ; and after painting several... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 pages
...his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy, where he would pass in solitude his mornings, in making a sketch of an antiquated tree, a marshy brook,...few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objects that were presented, From delineation he got to colouring ; and after painting several... | |
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He very early discovered a propensity to painting. Nature was his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy, where he would pass in solitude his mornings, in making a sketch of an antiquated tree, a marshy brook, a few cattle, a shepherd and his flock,... 
