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Title: British painters; with eighty examples of their work engraved on wood
Year: 1881 (1880s)
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Subjects: Painters -- Great Britain Painting -- Great Britain
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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d too strong for his fathers intentions,so the doctor, after vainly attempting to turn him away from his purposeby opposing every obstacle, consented to his coming to London to enterthe Royal Academy as a pupil. Arrived in the metropolis, Mr. Dyce wasadmitted a probationer, after passing through the customary form of showinghis drawings to the authorities of the Academy. These drawings were madeat the Egyptian Hall, in the exhibition-rooms of the once well-known Mr. Day,with whom, and with his friend the late Mr. Holwell Carr, the young artist hadbecome intimate. It chanced that Day was then about to visit Rome, andhe strongly persuaded Mr. Dyce—his advice being also backed by that of Mr.Carr—to pursue his studies in Italy rather than in England, offering at thesame time to be his companion on the journey: the consent of Dr. Dyce wasobtained, and the travellers set forth in the autumn of 1825. Mr. Dyce re-mained in Rome for about nine months only, the state of his health requiring
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hJ ■?; ^-1 r »—1 o ■?! Q ^ A ^ < ^0 O .^ ^ t. roliEvv YORKPUBLIC UBUAKT D Y C E. 63 a return to his native countiy. During this first visit, his tendencies werechiefly towards classical art; Titian and N. Poussin, whose works he studiedwith g-reat ardour, were his idols. Returning- in 1826 to Aberdeen, wherethe winter of that year and the spring of the succeeding year were passed,he occupied himself in the decoration of a room in his fathers house witharabesques in the classical manner, for which he entertained an almostenthusiastic admiration ; and in painting a picture representing Bacchusnursed by the Nymphs of Nyssa, or which may be called The Educationof Bacchus ; it was sent to the Royal Academy, and exhibited there in1827 : this was the first appearance of Mr. Dyce in public. He came up toLondon that year to see the exhibition, and, after a few months residencewith a friend, once more set out for Rome. It was during this second visitthat his tendency towards what is t

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