A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in the Possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bart With Etchings From the Whole Collection, Including the Pictures in His Gallery at Tabley House, Cheshire (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in the Possession of Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bart: With Etchings From the Whole Collection, Including the Pictures in His Gallery at Tabley House, Cheshire Gainsborough formed his taste from the great School of Nature; and although he was not indebted to foreign travel for improvement in his art, he appears to have acquired the art of imitation from an attentive observation of the works of the best Flemish Masterszs A subject In itself neither celebrated for its situation, nor by local circumstances, was rendered attractive by the truthcand feeling for nature with which he painted; by the tasteful combination of forms, and by the harmonious union which produces a whole, or general effect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.