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The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds ...: containing his Discourses, Idlers, A journey to Flanders and Holland, and his commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of painting, printed from his revised copies (with his last corrections and additions) ... to which is prefixed An account of the life and writings of the author

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v. 2. A journey to Flanders and Holland, in the year 1781. ; The art of painting, of C.A. Du Fresnoy; tr. into English verse by William Mason, with annotation by Sir Joshua Reynolds [with original text subjoined, and with a life of Du Fresnoy] The sentiments of C.A. Du Fresnoy, on the works of the principal and best painters of the last two ages. The preface of Dryden to his translation, containing a parallel between poetry and painting. Epistle of Mr. Pope to Mr. Jervas. A chronological list of painters, from the revival of the art to the beginning of the present century [by Thomas Gray] Index.

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    London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1797

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    • "The art of painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy; translated into English verse by William Mason, with annotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds": v. 2, p. [125]-274.
    • "A chronological list of painters, from the revival of the art to the beginning of the present century," by Thomas Gray: v. 2, p. [349]-373.
    • Includes index. Frontispiece portrait by Caroline Watson

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