Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists (1826)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Dallaway, James, 1763-1834, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Wornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 · London : Bickers and Son · leaf 338
on by having been, in the progress of luxury, worn as an ornament, when the carved ebony and ivory box was superseded by gold setting, enriched with diamonds or other jewels. What at first enhanced the value became, under adverse circum- stances, the cause of the miniature having been left without…
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