DOI Heft:
No. 35 (February, 1896)
DOI Artikel:Sharp, Herbert: A short account of the work of Edward John Poynter
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17296#0026
The Work of E. J. Poynter, R.A'.
wise king is fully displayed by the sumptuous
nature of his surroundings; these points, together
with an air of pomp and barbaric grandeur which
Rev. F. W. Macdonald and Miss Ruth Lucas, two
widely different versions of Chide, Dukes docta
viados e.t citharcc sciens, a half-length figure of a girl
A PORTION OF THE ABANDONED SCHEME FOR THE DECORATION OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
appears to pervade the picture, constitute its chief
motive.
The principal of Mr. Poynter's more recent pic-
tures exhibited at the Academy and New Gallery
are, When the World was Young, portraits of the
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with a lyre; Near the Lake of Geneva, Barini (a
very beautiful girl's profile); Idle Fears ; and Horce
Serence. The last-named picture has about it
something reminiscent of the Visit to Alsculapiits
—some of the elements forming the composition
wise king is fully displayed by the sumptuous
nature of his surroundings; these points, together
with an air of pomp and barbaric grandeur which
Rev. F. W. Macdonald and Miss Ruth Lucas, two
widely different versions of Chide, Dukes docta
viados e.t citharcc sciens, a half-length figure of a girl
A PORTION OF THE ABANDONED SCHEME FOR THE DECORATION OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
appears to pervade the picture, constitute its chief
motive.
The principal of Mr. Poynter's more recent pic-
tures exhibited at the Academy and New Gallery
are, When the World was Young, portraits of the
14
with a lyre; Near the Lake of Geneva, Barini (a
very beautiful girl's profile); Idle Fears ; and Horce
Serence. The last-named picture has about it
something reminiscent of the Visit to Alsculapiits
—some of the elements forming the composition