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  • C. 1790 Imison Sch. Art II. 59 In what respect it is out of keeping; that is, what
    parts are too light, and what too dark.

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  • 1870 Lowell Study Wind. 406 For wit, fancy, invention, and keeping, it [the Rape of
    the Lock] has never been surpassed.

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  • 1819 Hazlitt Eng. Com. Writers vi. (1869) 153 There is the exquisite keeping in the
    character of Blifil, and the want of it in that of Tom Jones.

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  • 1859 Gullick & Timbs Paint. 172 The keeping and repose in this cartoon are inimitable.

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  • 1809 Mar. Edgeworth Absentee x, In Lady Clonbrony's mind, as in some bad paintings,
    there was no keeping; all objects, great and small, were upon the same level.

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  • 1792 Resid. France (1797) I. 87 Some mixture of splendour and clumsiness, and a want
    of what the painters call keeping.

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  • 1780 Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 1 May, There is contour, and keeping, and grace,
    and expression, and all the varieties of artificial excellence.

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  • 1768 W. Gilpin Upon Prints 20 Keeping then proportions a proper degree of strength
    to the near and distant parts, in respect to each other.

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  • 1762 Goldsm. Cit. W. lv, [Parodying art slang] `What do you think, sir, of that head
    in the corner, done in the manner of Grisoni? There's the true keeping in it.

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  • 1715 J. Richardson The. Painting 224 The Composition is not to be justifyed . . .
    the Groups are too Regularly placed, and without any Keeping in the Whole, that is,
    they appear too near of an Equal Strength.
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