The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England: Containing the Representation of All the English Monarchs, From Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; Together With Many of the Great Persons That Were Eminent Under Their Several Reigns; On Sixty Copper Plates, Engraved by the Author, the Whole Caref The work now offered to the public will (the author hopes) proves in some measure useful to the artist, as well as pleasing to the curious: - useful, because those who have occasion to represent scenes from the English history, may find the dress and character of the ancient × - and pleasing to the curious, because these pictures are the most likely to contain the exact representation of the customs and manners of the earlier æra of our ancestors. Hitherto our artists have been extremely deficient in their delineations of the early history. - The Saxons are frequently drawn in the habit of the figures on the Trajan and Antoine columns; and the Normans are put into the dresses and armour worn in Edward the Fourth´s time, and indeed are often made still more modern. It may be said, perhaps, in the defence of the artist that models, sufficiently authentic for his purpose, are very much wanted. - Our monuments, and statues, are exceedingly difficult to ascertain; and, even of those, there are few of any note, or earlier date than Henry the Seventh. And our coins are still of less use, being so miserably executed as scarce to bear the resemblance of any thing. - From these imperfect lights, it was not possible for artists to come at the truth of antiquity, so that they were obliged to supply from their own fancy whatever they thought deficient; by which means errors were frequently made, even when corrections were intended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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