This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ... Joshua and he to her. He proved his friendship by the help he rendered in freeing her from an unhappy marriage. Shortly after her arrival in England, Angelica Kauffmann became the wife of an impostor calling himself Count Horn, but in reality he was that gentleman's valet. But this unfortunate episode did not long ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ... Joshua and he to her. He proved his friendship by the help he rendered in freeing her from an unhappy marriage. Shortly after her arrival in England, Angelica Kauffmann became the wife of an impostor calling himself Count Horn, but in reality he was that gentleman's valet. But this unfortunate episode did not long darken her life. She was unwearied in her art production, and was full of life and coquetry, and in 1782 entered into a second and happy marriage with Zucchi the artist. She was elected a member of the Royal Academy, an honour she shared with another woman, Miss Moser, the flower painter. Sir Joshua's peace of mind was certainly not disturbed for long by Angelica Kauffmann, if at all, and his friends were unanimous in praise of his wise, calm and equable life, which he devoted to art; for, surrounded by sisters and nieces, he remained faithful to the Muse whose wreath crowned him at such an early period of life. He was engaged on Lady Hertford's portrait, when, at the age of sixty-six, he felt a sudden weakness in his left eye, and on losing the sight of this eye and the other becoming weaker, he ceased to paint. He took leave of the Academy in an address in 1790. The hall was crowded, the first rows being reserved for guests, among whom was Edmund Burke. The audience had scarcely taken their seats when one of the supporting beams of the floor gave way. A panic ensued, but was quickly allayed. The poet Rogers, then a young man, availed himself of the confusion to exchange his seat for a better one, and was thus able to hear every word of the discourse with which Sir Joshua closed his public career. This was dedicated to the immortal memory of Michael Angelo, whom he revered as the greatest of all artists. "I feel a self-congratulation knowin...
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