He was chiefly employed in copying ancient pictures, which the court presented to foreign princes, and in furnishing cabinets with little historical pieces, that were at that time in great request in countries beyond the Alps.
In some kinds of ebony desks and escrutoires it was held in great request, for its little silver statues, and modelled plates, representing figures, histories, and flowers.
His services as witness and expert adviser were in great request by railway companies.
I was the dark complexioned man of the party, and as a "first-footer" in great request.
But the painter of animals prospered better than many of his contemporary painters of men, and both at the Hague and at Amsterdam his works continued to be in great request.
His work was in great request in France, and several of his pictures are now in the Louvre.
Huchtenburgh was in great request as a battle-painter, and in 1708 was commissioned by Prince Eugene to paint the victories won by that prince and the Duke of Marlborough over the French.
In their own country they are in great request as handles to knives, and even in England they may be occasionally seen serving as handles to carving-knives and forks.
At the present day it is cooked and eaten by the inhabitants of the country who are not Jews, and its eggs are in as great request as those of the fowl.
The few females who have been educated are in great request at this season; they read the Dhie Mudgelluss, and chant the Musseeah with good effect.
There are people in Lucknow who make the preparing of guinahs a profitable business, as the population is so extensive as to render these flower-ornaments articles of great request.
The greater part of the Hedjaz is furnished with water- skins from Sowakin; they are in great request, being very light, and sewed with much neatness.
Beder being a place much frequented by Bedouins and travellers, the houses are in great request, and a small shop in the market pays as much as twenty [p.
The accession of Elizabeth seems at first to have wrought little change, and the services of the Clerks' Company were in great request.
They were in great request at the great and stately funerals of the sixteenth century, going before the hearse and singing with their surplices hanging on their arms till they came to the church.
We have seen that the parish clerks of London were in great request on account of their musical abilities.
Handsome furs were in great request, and several times sumptuary laws were passed.
At this period the domino (evolved from the priestly cowl) was in great request, and was used in the boxes of theatres for purposes of concealment, and by those of questionable morals.
The art of tanning skins with the wool or hair on, was also practised, and dyeing was in great request, for in a rude age a love of gaudy colours is a natural characteristic of the people.
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