Volume 2

A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, made in the autumn of l789 / By Samuel Ireland...the second edition, with additions; and an entire new set of copper-plates in aqua-tinta, from drawings made on the spot.

  • Ireland, Samuel, -1800.
Date:
[1796]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, made in the autumn of l789 / By Samuel Ireland...the second edition, with additions; and an entire new set of copper-plates in aqua-tinta, from drawings made on the spot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may not be unacceptable to thofe who have never vlfited the fpot: over the chair is a fine pifture by Rubens, in his heft manner, prefen- ted by him to the academy; thefubjedl, a holy family. In the various apartments contiguous to this chamber, are many piftures; but, as the^ are principally in the mediocre flyle, I 111 all not go into a particular defcription of them. In my next I fliall aim at a brief ac- count of fuch pidlures as I find in the churches and public buildings of this city, moft de- fcrving the critical attention of the con- noilfeur. Adieu! LET-