Miniatures, ancient and modern . ed talents. As a miniaturepainter of children Egley holds the first was entirely self-taugfht. Egleys son, William, painted in oils verydelicately, and although not a miniaturist heinherited his fathers talents in a markeddegree, and the miniature feeling is strongin all his work. Robert Thorburn, (1818-85), paintedlarge miniatures. He was very popular, andlatterly he gave up miniature painting, at whichhe was very good, and took to oils, which hedid very badly. His work is good and power-ful, and as portraits his miniatures are excel-lent. Thor
Miniatures, ancient and modern . ed talents. As a miniaturepainter of children Egley holds the first was entirely self-taugfht. Egleys son, William, painted in oils verydelicately, and although not a miniaturist heinherited his fathers talents in a markeddegree, and the miniature feeling is strongin all his work. Robert Thorburn, (1818-85), paintedlarge miniatures. He was very popular, andlatterly he gave up miniature painting, at whichhe was very good, and took to oils, which hedid very badly. His work is good and power-ful, and as portraits his miniatures are excel-lent. Thorburns desertion of miniatures in favourof large oils is supposed to have been largelycaused by the advent of photographic por-traiture. There is no doubt that the cheapcarte-de-visite largely replaced the expensiveivory miniature, and miniaturists were not somuch wanted. Now it may be hoped thatthere are signs of a reaction, possibly withphotography as a handmaid rather than anadversary. Henry Charles Heath (1829-98), the son of. MRS. Sir IVilliam Ross THE .NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY u Tii£ :^£\^ YORK PUBLIC LIgRARY ASTOK, AiU>TILOKUI KOUJfDATfiil*
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