Table-Talk · Character
Mr. Northcote
Painter and friend of Hazlitt, discussed in artistic contexts.
minor
Also known as Mr. Northcote, Northcote
First appearance: volume i on certain inconsistencies in sir joshua reynolds s discourses
Mr. Northcote shows up with force in On the Picturesque and Ideal. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned in reference to his study of Gadshill, where a white horse's head contrasts with a dark face.
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- Protagonist
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- Closing
This passage marks the dramatic climax because it reveals the central psychological reversal: the lady who sco…
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See Mr. Northcote in volume i on certain inconsistencies in sir joshua reynolds s discourses