History Piece

One of these was of a nature so interesting and singular, that my attention was divided between my wish to draw the old ruins in landscape, and to represent, in a history-piece, the singular events which have taken place in it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Robertson paints minds as Sir Joshua paints faces in a history-piece: he imagines an heroic countenance. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Robertson paints minds as Sir Joshua paints faces, in a history-piece; he imagines a heroic countenance. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But the foremost figure of the great history-piece of revolution, was the man, of whose latter hours we are now contemplating. ❋ Various (N/A)

It unhappily was left unfinished, in this great history-piece of the massacre of innocents. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Mr. Gunman, the descendant of the captain, has lately had a picture on the subject painted by Serres, the marine painter; which makes an interesting history-piece. ❋ Scott, Walter, Sir (1882)

Christian chivalry, -- and to substantiate the distinct and graceful profiles or outlines of the Homeric epic into the flesh and blood of the romantic drama, -- in short, to give a grand history-piece in the robust style of Albert Durer. ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)

Sir Joshua paints faces in a history-piece: he imagines an heroic countenance. ❋ James Boswell (1767)

Joshua paints faces in a history-piece: he imagines an heroic countenance. ❋ James Boswell (1767)

And certainly the dance in action has the same superiority over sheer unmeaning dancing, that a fine history-piece has over cutting flowers in paper. ❋ Giovanni-Andrea Gallini (1766)

Shakespeare’s main object, or shall I rather say his ruling impulse, was to translate the poetic heroes of paganism into the not less rude, but more intellectually vigorous, and more _featurely_, warriors of Christian chivalry, — and to substantiate the distinct and graceful profiles or outlines of the Homeric epic into the flesh and blood of the romantic drama; — in short, to give a grand history-piece in the robust style of ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)