Nollekens
Britishnoun
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The two following letters, which are extracted from Mr. J. T. Smith's Life of Nollekens, tend to show the disposition of both parties towards each other.
From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by John Knowles
Sculptors, like artists, have frequently found art a very hard school; and amongst others of whom this is true may be mentioned Peter Scheemakers, the master Nollekens studied under.
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by H. G. Somerville
What a contrast to this did the bust of the Marquis of Wellesley, by Nollekens, present.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
In the hall are portraits of King William and Queen Mary; and here is a sepulchral urn and tablet, by Nollekens, to John Came, a munificent benefactor to the Company.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
Close beside it stands the huge pile of sculpture by Nollekens, in memory of the three captains who fell in Rodney's famous victory over the French in April, 1782.
From Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
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