...this nation should produee genius enough to aequire us the honourable distinetion of an EnglNh sehool, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the art, among the first of that rising name." In another part of the same diseourse, Sir Joshua expresses the delight...

...death of Gainsborough, that, "if ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us tho honourable distinction of an English School, the name...transmitted to posterity, in the history of the Art, among tho very first of that rising name : " yet, high as is the reputation which Gainsborough uow enjo'ys...

...language of Sir Joshua Reynolds, t " If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire us the honourable distinction of an English School,...the art, among the very first of that rising name." Near the north door is one of the oldest, and one of the most remarkable tombs in the churchyard ;...

...Bath,f yet here it was he rose to that eminence which led Sir Joshua Reynolds to say, " That if this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us the honourable distinction of the English School, the name of Gainsborough anecdote is told of him, in Murray, that on his first...

...from his excellencies and defects, matter of instruction to the Students in our Academy. If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire...the art, among the very first of that rising name. " It would not be to the present purpose," continued Reynolds, after making a few depredatory remarks...

...well said by Sir Joshua Reynolds, a few months after the death of Gainsborough, that, " if ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire...the Art, among the very first of that rising name : " yet, high as is the reputation which Gainsborough now enjoys as one of the best as well as earliest...

...has produced. Reynolds said of him : "If ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire us the honourable distinction of an English School,...the art, among the very first of that rising name." In the same churchyard, south of the church, lies a brother Academician, — JOHNAN ZOFFANIJ, whose...

...Sir Joshua Eeynolds. On that occasion the illustrious President truly averred that, " if ever this nation should produce genius sufficient to acquire...distinction of an English School, the name of Gainsborough would be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the art, among the very first of that rising name."...

...sufficient to acquire to us the honourable distinction of an English School, the name of Gainsborough would be transmitted to posterity, in the history of the art, among the very first of that rising name." This judgment of Sir Joshua Reynolds involved little of the uncertainty of an ordinary prediction at...

...Joshua Reynolds, " should produce genius sufficient to acquire to us the honourable distinction 626 of an English school, the name of Gainsborough will be transmitted to posterity as one of the тегу first of that rising name." n. at Sudbury, Suffolk, 1727 ; D. 1788. — His...