. Dictionary of painters and engravers. ffice he was instrumental in obtaining forthe nation many of its greatest treasures. His literary productions were all connected withart; he edited, in 1842, a translation of Kuglers Italian Schools of Painting (subsequently re-edited by his widow) ; but his chief works werehis Materials for a History of Oil-Painting(1847), and Contributions to the Literature of theFine Arts (1848). In August, 1865, Sir Charles Eastlake left Eng-land, exceedingly unwell, for his usual annual touron the continent, taken with a view of acquiringfurther examples for the Nat
. Dictionary of painters and engravers. ffice he was instrumental in obtaining forthe nation many of its greatest treasures. His literary productions were all connected withart; he edited, in 1842, a translation of Kuglers Italian Schools of Painting (subsequently re-edited by his widow) ; but his chief works werehis Materials for a History of Oil-Painting(1847), and Contributions to the Literature of theFine Arts (1848). In August, 1865, Sir Charles Eastlake left Eng-land, exceedingly unwell, for his usual annual touron the continent, taken with a view of acquiringfurther examples for the National Gallery. AtMilan he became seriously ill, but rallying slightly,pu-ihed on to Pisa, where he died December 24,1865. He was buried first in the English cemeteryat Florence, but was subsequently re-interred atKensal Green. The following are some of hisprincipal paintings: The of Jairuss Daughter. Brutus exhortingthe Komans to revenge the of Lucretia. AnItalian (Jontadina and her children. (Now at South < -A in u. u»l*: h* fa !•., .V,.r .ill! am lA. »j. .. ?-: r.; ^3(; I ug Ulr i^oi * i> ^ M I. r, ft \.iu(ii> liMlfry.) A 1 ^- (iTJiu Uh liilr uf a StT|K-iit. niir at A\>iifA AViuinyfiii-) «• luki > vty, INM : a rtplica, <•/ i . /..j/ O^Ueiy.) Au Arab ?c-lliiic hi» C«(nt«r», Muuksetiilt«viiuriuf; to nuiMim tlifiu. lh^7 j<.Mts, both in oil and inwater-colours, wa« born in 1829. He died atYonkerB on the U
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