Knapton

I met one of the North Walsham LibDem councillors in Knapton this afternoon and had a good chat.

Archive 2005-04-01 2005

I met one of the North Walsham LibDem councillors in Knapton this afternoon and had a good chat.

Sunday Sunday 2005

Knapton painted Sir Francis Dashwood, Lord LeDespencer, decked out as a Franciscan friar, tonsure and all, lofting a gilt chalice inscribed "MATRI SANCTORUM" (to the mother of the saints), but Dashwood's wide eyes are fixed on what he might have called the "charms" of a classical Venus, whose hand, which should have been poised to shield her celestial nudity, has conveniently broken off (see illustration on page 34).

A Silly, Very Cultured Club Rowland, Ingrid D. 2009

Knapton, who was in fact an extremely accomplished painter, created a rogues 'gallery that includes milordi like John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich (the very one who first put meat between slices of bread to avoid wasting precious gambling time by sitting down to normal meals) in a Turkish turban, gazing lovingly, and not quite soberly, at a glass of wine (of course it is a beautifully blown Venetian glass).

A Silly, Very Cultured Club Rowland, Ingrid D. 2009

Redford has an unerring eye for the telling details of pose, props, and background that assign each member of the founding generation a distinct place within the club, at the same time according Knapton himself an honorable place as a painter within the Grand Tour's history of art.

A Silly, Very Cultured Club Rowland, Ingrid D. 2009

In their own way, despite their dark, sober colors, they are as ribald as Knapton's individual images, with less emphasis than Knapton on fancy dress and more on suggestive finger-signs; the group that examines gems is as obscene in its own way as Knapton's rendering of Sir Francis Dashwood as a follower of Saint Francis.

A Silly, Very Cultured Club Rowland, Ingrid D. 2009

Dahl, M. Shee, Knapton, West, Jansen, Verelst; in fact not only in the picture-gallery, but in all parts of the Abbey are scattered treasures of art and vertu.

The Portland Peerage Romance Charles J. Archard

Heads of the most illustrious Persons of _Great Britain_, _Knapton_, each, _1s.

The Annual Catalogue: Numb. II. (1738) Or, A new and compleat List of All The New Books, New Editions of Books, Pamphlets, &c. Various

"We did some great things," Wyoming linebacker Gabe Knapton said.

The Seattle Times 2011

Dr Mike Knapton, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: An estimated 10 million Brits drink more than the recommended limits for alcohol, which puts one in five of us at increased risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and weight gain.

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