Word: royale
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Geological Society of London conferred on him its Wollaston medal, and in 1877 he received the Copley gold medal from the Royal Society of London. He was a member of numerous scientific societies both at home and abroad...
...most unfortunate in his biographers. Among his acquaintances there were but two who possessed any literary talent. They were Cumberland and Hayley and each wrote a dry and inaccurate biography of him. The best account of his life is that written by his son. Romney never belonged to the Royal Academy...
...many respects the equal and in some the superior of Sir Joshua Reynolds; but only as an artist can he be compared to his great contemporary. Sir Joshua was a gentle courtier, the friend of all the prominent men of his time, and as president of the Royal Academy held the highest position an artist could hold. Gainsborough, on the other hand, was quick-tempered, rather illiterate, and chose his friends among a Bohemian set of actors and musicians...
...London, a migration which was due to the well-meant but intolerable persecution of his friend Fickness. At London he was more successful than ever. The queen invited him to paint her portrait. He did it so well that he was asked to paint the portraits of all the royal family. In 1784 he sent a full length picture of the three princesses to the Royal Academy, which he requested to be hung on a line with the eye. This the officials refused to do, and the matter ended by his withdrawing the picture and never exhibiting again. He afterwards...
...early years of the reign of George III. were the greatest of Reynolds's life. He was president of the Royal Academy. Among his intimate friends were Johnson, Goldsmith, Gilbert, Fox and Burke. He visited France and Holland and brought to England the choicest productions of the Dutch School. He painted innumerable pictures of children some of which are the best he ever...