Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the ..., volume 5
Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the ..., volume 5
Horace Walpole, George Vertue, James Dallaway
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Born with the taste of an uncle, whbm his sword was not fortunate in defending. Prince Rupert was fond of those sciences which soften and adorn a hero's private hours, and knew how to mix them with his minutes of amusement, without dedicat- ing his life to their pursuit, like us, who wanting capacity for momentous views, make serious study , of what is only the transitory occupation of a genius. Had the court of the first Charles been peacefull, how agreeably had the prince's conge- nial propen...sity flattered and confirmed the incli- nation of his uncle !* How the muse of arts would have repaid the patronage of the monarch, when for his first artist she would have presented him with his nephew ! How different a figure did the same prince make in a reign of dissimilar com- • [A love and practice of the arts was inherent in other branches of the Palatine Family. Prince Charles Ludowic^ Prince Rupert's eldest brother, had made a collection of Paint- ings which after his death in 1691, were "lately brought over to be sold at the vendue, near Bedford gate, Charles Street, Covent Garden, where, by an invention of lights, they may be seen at night as well as by day.*' Gazette His sister the Princess Louisa HoUandina, was instructed by Honthorst, and gained considerable proficiency in Painting.
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