George AFripp and Alfred DFripp . .W. GoUingwood Smith, if we include his 369frames of sketches and studies at winterexhibitions, was the only other artist whoreached four figures, but David Cox came nearwith 973. As already stated, George Fripp in early lifewas one of those painters who came under thedirect influence of that short - lived genius,WiUiam James Muller* (1812-1845). His friend-ship with Miiller was strengthened during aseven months tour on the Continent in Sollys Memoir of the Life of William , 1875, much of interest can be found inreference to this tour, and most
George AFripp and Alfred DFripp . .W. GoUingwood Smith, if we include his 369frames of sketches and studies at winterexhibitions, was the only other artist whoreached four figures, but David Cox came nearwith 973. As already stated, George Fripp in early lifewas one of those painters who came under thedirect influence of that short - lived genius,WiUiam James Muller* (1812-1845). His friend-ship with Miiller was strengthened during aseven months tour on the Continent in Sollys Memoir of the Life of William , 1875, much of interest can be found inreference to this tour, and most of the factsconcerning it were furnished by Fripp catalogues of the *01d Society affordother means of tracing the districts which theyvisited. A series of these catalogues, issuedfrom 1847-1861, in my possession, abound ininteresting data concerning an important periodin the history of the Society, and, indeed, ofBritish Water-Colour Art. •Erroneously called Wm. John Muller in Diet. Nat. Biograph. (Suppl. 1909). l6. Size 13:, X 16 ins. AN OLD MANOR HOUSEGeorge A. Fripp It is chiefly because neither Roget nor, webeheve, any writer on George Fripp gives anyparticulars of any Continental tour he made(and several writers have merely mentioned•* Italy or ** Switzerland and Italy) that Ihave gone into some detail in sketching Miillerand Fripps itinerary. Are not geographicalfacts and dates two most important things instudying the lives of painters and their work,and in establishing the identity of certaindrawings and paintings? William J. Muller, aged 22, and GeorgeFripp, a year younger, started from Bristolearly in July, 1834, for their first Continentalvisit. It was this tour that had such importantinfluence on the lives of both. After a week inLondon, they, on July 12th, took steamboat forAntwerp, where and on the Scheldt, theysketched. They proceeded to Brussels andLiege, Fripp informed Solly that **all thesketches made in Belgium were in black-leadpencil on whit
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