Theory of Painting (1773) [ Concepts ]
… of good sense appear to have a competency, a wise man to be more wise, and a brave man to be more so, a modest, discreet woman to have an air something angelical, and so of the rest; and then to add that joy, or peace of mind at least, and in … The late Duke of Buckingham when he heard a lady commended for her goodness, swore she was ugly; because beauty being a woman's top-character, he concluded that would have been insisted on if there was any ground for it. A painter should …
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