. A short history of art . en 3 W .SiE S c<. CHARLES ROEEKT LESLIE UNCLE TOBY AND AVIDOW WADMANClever and humorous characterisation. BRITISH HISTORIC AND GENRE PAINTING 547 Panza in the Apartment of the Duchess. His work is dis-tinguished by excellent drawing, charm of characterisation,and a feeling for colour, cultivated by study of Dutchchiaroscuro. In 1833 Leslie accepted the position ofteacher of drawing at West Point, but resigned it within ayear. He wrote a Life of Constable and a Handbookfor Young Painters. Landseer (1802-1873) Edwin Landseers genre subjects of animal life enjoyedan
. A short history of art . en 3 W .SiE S c<. CHARLES ROEEKT LESLIE UNCLE TOBY AND AVIDOW WADMANClever and humorous characterisation. BRITISH HISTORIC AND GENRE PAINTING 547 Panza in the Apartment of the Duchess. His work is dis-tinguished by excellent drawing, charm of characterisation,and a feeling for colour, cultivated by study of Dutchchiaroscuro. In 1833 Leslie accepted the position ofteacher of drawing at West Point, but resigned it within ayear. He wrote a Life of Constable and a Handbookfor Young Painters. Landseer (1802-1873) Edwin Landseers genre subjects of animal life enjoyedan extraordinary popularity. They are for the mostpart dramatic representations, in which the actors areanimals, endued by the artist with human qualities ofpathos, humour, andso forth. The drawing is hard andthe colour often crude, but the very exactitude with whichthe details of natural appearance are rendered helped toexcite the enthusiasm of the public. Frith (1819-1909) The appetite for detail was further fed by the picturesof William Powell
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