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Scottish painters; a critical study (1888)

Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London: Seeley & Co. · leaf 51

An illustration from Scottish painters; a critical study, 1888, leaf 51
ed from Wilkie by Lord Mulgrave. At his sale, in 1832, it was bought by Mr. C. L. Bredel, whose sister bequeathed it to the nation twelve years ago. After Ostade came Rembrandt to affect Wilkie's practice. The first picture in which he adopted a looser handling and a more forcible chiaroscuro, was… … SKETCH FOR THE ' WATERLOO GAZETTE.' BY SIR DAVID WILKIE. used with a bolder purity in the high lights than Wilkie had ever shown before. At present the shadows are undeniably too obscure, but this may be partly the result of time. The picture was painted in 1822, and exhibited the following year.…

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