. Ireland in London. d Slaughters, a greatresort ot the artists of the last century. Three ofits most remarkable habitues were Charles 38 Ireland in London. Jervas, Luke Sullivan, and James was a very fashionable painter of his time,and a great friend of Alexander Pope. He was bomin Ireland in 1675, and died iu 1739. His vanitywas certainly excessive, if the following story isauthentic. It is stated that, having copied apicture by the great painter, Titian, he was seen |to glance from his own copy to the original, andheard to say Poor little Tit, how he wouldstare 1 Luke Sulliva
. Ireland in London. d Slaughters, a greatresort ot the artists of the last century. Three ofits most remarkable habitues were Charles 38 Ireland in London. Jervas, Luke Sullivan, and James was a very fashionable painter of his time,and a great friend of Alexander Pope. He was bomin Ireland in 1675, and died iu 1739. His vanitywas certainly excessive, if the following story isauthentic. It is stated that, having copied apicture by the great painter, Titian, he was seen |to glance from his own copy to the original, andheard to say Poor little Tit, how he wouldstare 1 Luke Sullivan wasa much greater artist, thoughnot so good a portrait-painter as Jarvas. Hewas bo-n in County Louth in 1705, and is re-membered for his fine engravings, especially the Manh toFinchloy, after Hogarths great pic-ture. Sullivan was also a good landscapist and aclever miniature painter. He died in greatpoverty in 1771, one of the best of a remarkablegroup of Irish engravers who worked in Londonduring the last slaughters coffee-house. Some distance farther up the street, and lyingon the left of High-street, Bloomsbury, is theChurch of St. Giles h-the-Fields. In formertimes the gallows used to be erected in closeproximity to the Church, and as each place inLondon where the gallows had ev»r stood wascalled Tyburn, so was this particular spot. Hehere executed many Catholics, including priests,Irishmen among others, for the crime of attend-ine or celebrating Mass ; and here, too, was ex- ecuted the saintly prelate, Oliver Plunket,Archbishop of Armagh, on a charge ot high trea-son. His iemains were deposited in St GilessChurch or its churchyard, but were afterwardsremoved, either to Landsprung, in Germany, asis commonly stated, or, as is more likely, toArmagh Cathedral. Here also probably wereexecuted Silken Thomas and his five uncles,whom wo have already mentioned in connectionwith the Tower. In St. Giless Church was buriedin 1608 a very celebrated Irishman—Dr. BernardOC
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