George Morland, his life and works . e had a fresh foundation to lay and had to beginat the bottom of the hill. He therefore entered as astudent John Brooks School of Anatomy in BlenheimStreet,^ and endeavoured successfully to form a style ofhis own. This, when he reached the age of twenty-eight years. He was not, however, above takingadvantage of any resemblance that existed between hiswork and that of his brother-in-law. Miss Frankau states that pictures painted by JamesWard were sent to Ireland with Morlands name uponthem ; and that some little time after this in a publicsale-room some of t
George Morland, his life and works . e had a fresh foundation to lay and had to beginat the bottom of the hill. He therefore entered as astudent John Brooks School of Anatomy in BlenheimStreet,^ and endeavoured successfully to form a style ofhis own. This, when he reached the age of twenty-eight years. He was not, however, above takingadvantage of any resemblance that existed between hiswork and that of his brother-in-law. Miss Frankau states that pictures painted by JamesWard were sent to Ireland with Morlands name uponthem ; and that some little time after this in a publicsale-room some of these pictures were sold as Morlands,and that without any comment or demur from JamesWard and his family. James Ward became an Associate in 1807, andRoyal Academician in 1811 : he was a painter ofundoubted ability and of great industry. The attitudehe adopted in the quarrel with the Directors of the 1 Animal Painters of England. By Sir Walter Gilbey, 2 vols. 1899. 224 LANDSCAPE WITH GIPSIES (Size of origiiud picture 16 x 22^ inches.). His Life and Works British Institution over his great allegorical canvas,painted to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, showshim to have been a somewhat difficult man to deal with. Mention must be made of his gift to the BritishMuseum of the working proofs from his variousplates : these form a very valuable series of illustrationsof the stages of mezzotint engraving. James Ward con-tinued painting and exhibiting until he was eighty-seven : he died in 1859 in his 91st year. John Raphael Smith has double claim to notice,since he not only engraved, but published many ofMorlands works. Born in 1752, the son of ThomasSmith of Derby, he began life as a linen-drapersapprentice : while thus employed he practised the artof engraving in his leisure hours, and produced hisfirst plate when seventeen years of age. Coming up toLondon, he made rapid progress in the calling of hischoice, and was entrusted with the task of executingmezzotint engravings from the wor
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