| 单词 | varnishing day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvarnishing day varnishing day n. (see quot. 1862). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [noun] > exhibition > day before varnishing dayc1825 vernissage1912 varnishing1951 c1825 Turner in Westm. Gaz. (1896) 1 May 8/3 When we have no more ‘varnishing’ days we shall not know one another. 1862 W. Sandby Hist. Royal Acad. Arts I. 274 In the year 1809..the ‘varnishing days’ were appointed, whereby the members of the Academy were granted the privilege of retouching and varnishing their pictures after they were hung, and prior to the opening of the exhibition. 1896 Harper's Mag. Apr. 680/2 Varnishing-day came at last. The portrait was received with enthusiasm and given a place of honor. < as lemmas |
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