Matthew William Peters, , his life and work . nce to the heads of his profession, who had already expressed some displeasureon the subject. Peters, with some justice, goes on to say : For my own part, I cansee no more harm in painting from that author (Shakespeare) than Bishop Warburtondid in commenting, nor ought I to be more subject to the censures of my superiorsfor amusing myself with such painting than as good a man and divine as lives (theBishop of Llandaff) has been in the pursuit of his chemical researches. It is to Peterss credit that his relations with Boydell appear to have been
Matthew William Peters, , his life and work . nce to the heads of his profession, who had already expressed some displeasureon the subject. Peters, with some justice, goes on to say : For my own part, I cansee no more harm in painting from that author (Shakespeare) than Bishop Warburtondid in commenting, nor ought I to be more subject to the censures of my superiorsfor amusing myself with such painting than as good a man and divine as lives (theBishop of Llandaff) has been in the pursuit of his chemical researches. It is to Peterss credit that his relations with Boydell appear to have been alwaysof the most friendly character, for few artists whom the great publisher employedbut at one time or another quarrelled with him. In later life it is said that theirconstitutional infirmities rarely permitted them to meet. Boydell, suffering from aweakness of the chest, dare not expose himself to the cold winds of Leicestershire;whilst Peters, who was subject to asthma, could only occasionally venture into theconfined atmosphere of LADY CHARLOTTE the Mezzotint by W. Dickinson.
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