Dobell

/ (dəʊˈbɛl) /

noun

Sir William. 1899–1970, Australian portrait and landscape painter. Awarded the Archibald prize (1943) for his famous painting of Joshua Smith which resulted in a heated clash between the conservatives and the moderns and led to a lawsuit. His other works include The Cypriot (1940), The Billy Boy (1943), and Portrait of a strapper (1941)

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Dobell's mouth was ever full of very pretty Latinity, for the most part Virgilian.

My First Book: |Various
Magnitude and massiveness are congenial to Dobell, and almost necessary to draw out his best.

The Age of Tennyson |Hugh Walker
The comparison, especially with Coleridge, is unkind to Dobell.

The Age of Tennyson |Hugh Walker
The family moved to Cheltenham when Dobell was twelve years old.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 |Various

At the public ship yard, Mr. Dobell saw a brig on the stocks, destined to navigate the Baikal.

The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 |Various

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Dobell

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