. J^E'IBR J'ly MEZZOTINT PORTR.\IT OF DR. WOLCOT BY OPIE, 1787. recommence authorship in order to " puff Opie in the Press " as some wxiters have stated. His first produc- tion contains no reference to the " Cornish Wonder," and though he hailed him on a subsequent occasion, it was only in passing. But the artist was nevertheless the remote cause of his choice of subject. Wolcot had throughout his life kept in touch with painting, had himself practised the art, and is even said to have studied at some period of his life under Richard Wilson the landscape painter, whose styl
. J^E'IBR J'ly MEZZOTINT PORTR.\IT OF DR. WOLCOT BY OPIE, 1787. recommence authorship in order to " puff Opie in the Press " as some wxiters have stated. His first produc- tion contains no reference to the " Cornish Wonder," and though he hailed him on a subsequent occasion, it was only in passing. But the artist was nevertheless the remote cause of his choice of subject. Wolcot had throughout his life kept in touch with painting, had himself practised the art, and is even said to have studied at some period of his life under Richard Wilson the landscape painter, whose style he imitated. During his residence at Truro he had corresponded with North- cote, and on Ozias Humphrey's return to England in '77 had greeted him with verses. He was probably well known at the time to other artists. On his arrival
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