Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873 · London : Published by E. Gambart and Co. · leaf 29
I could not draw them without taking more time and pains than the point to be illustrated was worth ; the thing, as it is, being drawn quite well enough to give some idea of the facts of it. Well, take up Stanfield’s “ Coast Scenery,” and look through it in search of tops, and you will invariably… … “ Well, but it was impossible to do more on so small a scale.” By no means : but take what scale you choose, of Stanfield’s or any other marine painter’s most elaborate painting, and let me magnify the study of the real top in proportion, and the deficiency of detail will always be lound equally…
Harbors -- England -- Pictorial works · England -- In art
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
