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People and Painting

BBC Radio 3
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The second of two extracts from the conversation of James Northcote. RA with William Hazlitt selected and introduced by Derek Parker with Paul Rogers i as James Northcote
I should say that Vandyke's portraits are like pictures, Sir Joshua's like the reflection in a looking-glass, and Titian's like the real people ... when Alexander Day took leave of some fine portraits of Titian's that hung in a dark corner of a gallery in Naples, he said " Ah! he was a fine old mouser! ".'
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT

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Unknown:
James Northcote.
Unknown:
William Hazlitt
Duced By:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Paul Rogers
Unknown:
James Northcote
Unknown:
Alexander Day
Producer:
Piers Plowright
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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