George Morland, his life and works . nghim to dead colour, fill in outlines and do otherjourneyman work. What Tanner lacked in ability hemade up in industry ; he would be in the studio soonafter dawn and worked incessantly. He idolisedMorland, and would undertake drudgery of any kindto please him. David Brown was a devoted admirer of the artistswork ; a house and sign painter by trade, he cherishedhigher artistic ambitions and had set his heart on learn-ing to paint like Morland. There was somethingpathetic about this mans infatuation. Brown hadbecome acquainted with the artist when the latter
George Morland, his life and works . nghim to dead colour, fill in outlines and do otherjourneyman work. What Tanner lacked in ability hemade up in industry ; he would be in the studio soonafter dawn and worked incessantly. He idolisedMorland, and would undertake drudgery of any kindto please him. David Brown was a devoted admirer of the artistswork ; a house and sign painter by trade, he cherishedhigher artistic ambitions and had set his heart on learn-ing to paint like Morland. There was somethingpathetic about this mans infatuation. Brown hadbecome acquainted with the artist when the latter 1 Collins states that this mans name was really Davis, and that DaveyBrown was merely a nickname. The same authority says that Morlandhad altogether five pupils ; the fourth, whose name is not given, he describesas a respectable brush who holds (1805) a situation in the Queens Mews ;and the fifth was Collinss own son, to whom further reference will be made. 92 DUCK SHOOTINGSigned, undated {Size of original picture llf x 9| inches.). His Life and Works lived at Camden Town, and would have followed Mor-lands fortunes then had he been permitted ; but, beinga sober, industrious tellow with a real object in life,his attachment was not appreciated, and when Morlandleft Camden Town, David Brown was one of the manyfrom whom the fugitive concealed his Morland became famous he could no lonc^erescape his admirer : Brown discovered him at Padding-ton, and, his ardour unabated, sold his business, which,Dawe says, brought him >{^200 or ^^300 a year, and atthe age of thirty-five articled himself to his idol. It would seem that Morland accepted David Brownas pupil or apprentice from mercenary motives ; theman had a certain amount of money, and this was athis disposal. By dint of hard work Brown learned topaint respectable copies of Morlands pictures, andthese he sold. The connection between the two wasnot altogether one-sided in advantage. Brown boughtMorlands works, and s
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