James and William Tassie. A Biographical and Critical Sketch with a Catalogue of Their Portrait Medallions of Modern PersonagesW.G. Patterson, 1894 - 174 páginas |
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... head in the opaque white material , resembling porcelain or marble , which would best display its contours and light and shade . His varied treat- ment of his enamel proves Tassie to have been a practised and most skilful chemist ...
... head in the opaque white material , resembling porcelain or marble , which would best display its contours and light and shade . His varied treat- ment of his enamel proves Tassie to have been a practised and most skilful chemist ...
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... taste , among them the head of * See Letter to Thomas Love Peacock , dated March 21st , 1822 , in ' Shelley's Works , ' edited by Forman , vol . 8 , p . 198 . Alexander ; ' long before the notorious ' Janus Weathercock THE TASSIES . 13.
... taste , among them the head of * See Letter to Thomas Love Peacock , dated March 21st , 1822 , in ' Shelley's Works , ' edited by Forman , vol . 8 , p . 198 . Alexander ; ' long before the notorious ' Janus Weathercock THE TASSIES . 13.
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... heads or figures glued to false grounds ) are only deceptions , unsafe to use as rings , bracelets , etc. , being liable to fall out and break , there- fore only proper as pleasing ornaments or furniture ; may be made from 5s . and ...
... heads or figures glued to false grounds ) are only deceptions , unsafe to use as rings , bracelets , etc. , being liable to fall out and break , there- fore only proper as pleasing ornaments or furniture ; may be made from 5s . and ...
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... and the best specimen of elocution . ' One of these , cata- logued here as No. 285 , was the medallion No. 14,314 of Raspe's Catalogue of 1791 - ' A head of Newton , marked Tassie Glasguensis , F. belongs to THE TASSIES . 33.
... and the best specimen of elocution . ' One of these , cata- logued here as No. 285 , was the medallion No. 14,314 of Raspe's Catalogue of 1791 - ' A head of Newton , marked Tassie Glasguensis , F. belongs to THE TASSIES . 33.
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... head of Demosthenes , described by Raspe , No. 9,996 , in exactly similar terms . The exhibition Catalogues show that Tassie's address was , from 1767 to 1771 , ' Great Newport Street ' ; from 1772 to 1777 , ' Compton Street , Soho ...
... head of Demosthenes , described by Raspe , No. 9,996 , in exactly similar terms . The exhibition Catalogues show that Tassie's address was , from 1767 to 1771 , ' Great Newport Street ' ; from 1772 to 1777 , ' Compton Street , Soho ...
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antique manner aquiline nose artist BART brushed from forehead bust Cameos cast Catalogue of 1791 coat collection coloured cravat curled above ear daughter drapery shown Duke ear and tied Earl Edinburgh Elderly face enamel paste exists in Wedgwood face to left face to right Foulis frilled shirt gem engraved George Glasgow glass Gosset hair brushed Henry Raeburn impressions included in Raspe's inscribed inscription or signature intaglio James Tassie JOHN John Corse lace LADY lapel left shoulder London Lord MACLAE medallion also exists medallion exists medallion is included Modelled by William mould neck never seen PATRICK WILSON portrait medallions Professor queue Raspe Raspe's Catalogue reduced version reproduced right shoulder ROBERT Robert Foulis RUDOLPH ERIC RASPE seen an example showing two buttons signature or inscription signed small mouth succeeded Tassie F truncation UNKNOWN MALE PORTRAIT VISCOUNT Wedgwood paste white enamel wig tied William Tassie William Tassie's List
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Página 71 - It may be proper in this place to observe, that if gentlemen or ladies choose to have models of themselves, families, or friends, made in wax, or cut in stones of proper sizes for seals, rings, lockets, or bracelets, they may have as many durable copies of those models as they please, either in cameo or intaglio, for any of the above purposes, at a moderate expense; and this nation is at present happy in the possession of several artists of distinguished merit, as engravers and modellers, who are...
Página 39 - Poets) necessary to give him success. The Writer of this Article, in conversing with him repeatedly on the subject, always found him fully persuaded of it. He mentioned many instances in which he had been directed by it ; and even some, in which, after he had laboured in vain to realize his ideas on the wax, he had been able by a sudden flash of imagination, to please himself in the likeness several days after he had last Seen the original.
Página 71 - ... delicacy and precision. If the nobility and gentry should please to encourage this design, they will not only procure to themselves everlasting portraits, but have the pleasure of giving life and vigour to the arts of modelling and engraving. The art of making durable copies, at a small expense, will thus promote the art of making originals, and future ages may view the productions of the age of George III. with the same veneration that we now behold those of Alexander and Augustus.
Página 24 - Raspe, and illustrated with copper plates ; to which is prefixed an introduction on the various uses of this collection, the origin of the art of engraving on hard stones, and the progress of pastes.
Página 65 - LAING, HENRY (Brit.}. Son of the last; was born in London in 1803. At the age of about fourteen he was apprenticed to William Tassie, under whom he acquired a knowledge of drawing and modelling, and imbibed that love for art and archaeology which became the master passion of his life. He remained some eight years with Tassie ; and then entered into partnership 'with Daniel Newton Crouch, a Seal-engraver in London, whose sister he atterwards married. About 1829 he settled in Edinburgh as a Gemengraver...
Página 71 - Britain should please to encourage this design, they will not only procure to themselves everlasting portraits, but have the pleasure of giving life and vigour to the arts of modelling and engraving. The art of making durable copies at a small expense will thus promote the art of making originals, and future ages may view the productions of the age of George III. with the same veneration that we now gaze upon those of Alexander and Augustus...
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