The life and letters of Washington Allston . ational PortraitGallery where it now hangs. The friendship that existed be-tween Coleridge and Allston at the time this portrait was paintedwas so sincere and intimate that it was frequently remarked uponby their friends, one of whom, Mr. Joseph Henry Green, writes,in a letter to Richard H. Dana, Sr. : Coleridge never failed, when Allstons name was mentioned,to express his high admiration of his genius, both as a poet anda painter, and always spoke most warmly of his character as aman; indeed the name of Allston may be adduced as proof andinstance o
The life and letters of Washington Allston . ational PortraitGallery where it now hangs. The friendship that existed be-tween Coleridge and Allston at the time this portrait was paintedwas so sincere and intimate that it was frequently remarked uponby their friends, one of whom, Mr. Joseph Henry Green, writes,in a letter to Richard H. Dana, Sr. : Coleridge never failed, when Allstons name was mentioned,to express his high admiration of his genius, both as a poet anda painter, and always spoke most warmly of his character as aman; indeed the name of Allston may be adduced as proof andinstance of Coleridges often-repeated assertion that true geniusever has its taproot in the moral being, and I hold it scarcelypossible that Coleridge could have felt the affection, which heundoubtedly did, toward Allston, without having had the strong-est assurance of those excellent qualities of the heart, which,whatever sympathy their common tastes and pursuits mighthave produced, were the real ground of his attachment and un-deviating Portrait of S. T. Coleridge. From the orig-inal in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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