. A short history of art . WILLIAM E*TY YOUTH ON THE PROW AND PLEASURE AT THE HELMA confused composition on sentimental, classicalistic lines. fiassK«i;?»S!K»!^esas^;. J a H BRITISH HISTORIC AND GENRE PAINTING 541 or no opportunity of seeing pictures and had been taught byhis step-father, the engraver Peter Pelham. His method ofpainting was, in consequence, hard and brittle; faults,however, which his visit to Italy did much to cure. Hisportraits done in England are distinguished by their supe-rior fluency and suavity of technique. In two large his-torical works, Death of the Earl of Chatham an
. A short history of art . WILLIAM E*TY YOUTH ON THE PROW AND PLEASURE AT THE HELMA confused composition on sentimental, classicalistic lines. fiassK«i;?»S!K»!^esas^;. J a H BRITISH HISTORIC AND GENRE PAINTING 541 or no opportunity of seeing pictures and had been taught byhis step-father, the engraver Peter Pelham. His method ofpainting was, in consequence, hard and brittle; faults,however, which his visit to Italy did much to cure. Hisportraits done in England are distinguished by their supe-rior fluency and suavity of technique. In two large his-torical works, Death of the Earl of Chatham and Deathof Major Pierson, he followed the example which Westhad set in his Death of General Wolfe. For in thelatter case West abandoned for the moment his ambitiousstyle and fondness for Classical subjects, and painted hisfigures in the actual costumes of their day, and with anattempt to represent the incident as it may have hap-pened. Copley followed this precedent in his two examples,seeking to give them historical actuality. Both he andWest will be included in the later chapter on early paintingin America. Maclise (1806-1870) The same regard for the facts of
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