Zoffany
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And so, even though he rents, rather than owns, this apartment, a spare room is decorated in William Morris’s delicate Willow Bough and a tiny bathroom is lined in a chiaroscuro-colored print by Zoffany.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014
The painting, once attributed to Johann Zoffany, was commissioned by Lord Mansfield, who had been born William Murray at Scone in 1705 and educated at Perth Grammar School.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2014
A pair of Johann Zoffany portraits of the 18th-century actor David Garrick is the most valuable lot at Sotheby’s, estimated at 6 million pounds to 8 million pounds.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 29, 2011
O'Brien may send Zoffany, now on a run of three wins after beating Strong Suit in Ireland.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2010
Among these should be specially noted a pastile by Zoffany of Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Child, taken in the porch at Osterley.
From Glimpses of King William IV. and Queen Adelaide In Letters of the Late Miss Clitherow, of Boston House, Middlesex. With a Brief Account of Boston House and the Clitherow Family by Mary Clitherow
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