George Morland; his life and works . ravedmany of his pictures, and had the highest admiration forhis merits. He agreed to pay Grozier for his lodgings;but his friend having on one occasion left town, Morland,;tired of the respectable life which he had to live in thathouse, decamped without paying for his board, and, bythe dexterity of his old friend Brooks, got off with all hisbaggage. Then he went to the house of his father-in-law, Mr. Ward, at Kentish Town; after that to hisbrothers residence in Frith Street, Soho; then back toKentish Town, and a little later to China Row, WalcotPlace; then
George Morland; his life and works . ravedmany of his pictures, and had the highest admiration forhis merits. He agreed to pay Grozier for his lodgings;but his friend having on one occasion left town, Morland,;tired of the respectable life which he had to live in thathouse, decamped without paying for his board, and, bythe dexterity of his old friend Brooks, got off with all hisbaggage. Then he went to the house of his father-in-law, Mr. Ward, at Kentish Town; after that to hisbrothers residence in Frith Street, Soho; then back toKentish Town, and a little later to China Row, WalcotPlace; then to Poplar Row, Newington; and after thatto Kennington Green, to a lodging with a Methodistcobbler. This man held very strong religious opinions, and didhis utmost to persuade Morland to give up his evil habitsand become a religious man; but all was to no purpose,and the mans sermonising so irritated him that he fledaway. His next place of shelter was with the carver and gilderwho made frames for his pictures, and who was, so we are. AT THE SEASIDE 73 told in the Spectator, the only man he always paid. Dawesays that this carver, whose name was Merle, and whoresided in Leadenhall Street, was one of the few sin-cere friends who never took advantage of Morlands dis-tress. Morland appears to have been very much attachedto Merle, and to have treated him better than he treatedanyone else, except, perhaps, his wife, and Merles influenceupon the artist was always good. During his stay inLeadenhall Street he was extremely industrious. Herose at six, and continued at his easel till three or four inthe afternoon; but nothing could persuade him to give updrinking spirits, and he seldom retired to bed till two orthree oclock in the morning, and was generally the worsefor drink. He told Merle about the religious cobbler,describing the mans horror when on one occasion Mor-land had given way to swearing, and drawing a vividpicture of the entrance of the puritanic shoemaker intohis painting-roo
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