Roubiliac
Britishnoun
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Sir Edward, to remunerate his integrity, and his skill, of which he showed specimens, promised to patronize Roubiliac through life, and he faithfully performed this promise.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
As Lord Chesterfield said of Roubiliac, 'he was the only statuary of his day; all other artists were mere stone-cutters.'
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
Nell Gwynne, Roubiliac, and Jack Sheppard—whose first theft took place at Rummer's Tavern, near Charing Cross—lie in the burial-ground.
From The Strand District The Fascination of London by Sir Walter Besant
His intimate and fellow-sculptor—a painter also—Adrien Charpentier, executed a characteristic portrait of Roubiliac.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
The portrait prefixed to this volume is a reproduction of the bust by Roubiliac in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings by Jonathan Swift
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