George Morland, his life and works . ched him in the marvelloussuccess with which he conveyed the characteristics ofthe tame rabbit. Guinea-pigs he painted less fre-quently, but the same remarks apply. There is litde to be said of the other animals andbirds he introduces into his pictures. His occasionalcats and monkeys, his more frequent fowls, occur asincidents or accessories in his works. Foxes, hares,and various game birds merely furnish the text ot hissporting scenes. Of his human figures it may fairly be said that the 209 27 George Morland best are those painted in a restful attitude. It
George Morland, his life and works . ched him in the marvelloussuccess with which he conveyed the characteristics ofthe tame rabbit. Guinea-pigs he painted less fre-quently, but the same remarks apply. There is litde to be said of the other animals andbirds he introduces into his pictures. His occasionalcats and monkeys, his more frequent fowls, occur asincidents or accessories in his works. Foxes, hares,and various game birds merely furnish the text ot hissporting scenes. Of his human figures it may fairly be said that the 209 27 George Morland best are those painted in a restful attitude. It isnot suggested that his men represented in action aredefective in any respect, but reviewing the greatnumber of his pictures, as we may do for the purposeof this particular judgment, in the collection of printsat the British Museum, all that recur to the mind asconspicuously pleasing examples of his figure-drawingare those of men and women seated or otherwiseinactive. 210 STORM COMING ON {Size of original picture 28 x 3(i inches.). CHAPTER XVIII For information concerning Morlands methods wccannot do better than refer to George Dawe, himself aRoyal Academician and an artist of some repute inhis day. Dawes admiration for Morland was not un-qualified, and his comments are not always as just asthose we expect of a dispassionate critic. The truthis that Dawe, whose sympathies were all with classicalsubjects, could not appreciate Morland, of whom hesays : he contributed his full share of influence topromote not only a loose style of painting but also ataste for vulgar subjects ; his example, however, cannotbe expected to produce a permanent cficct, as he docsnot possess sufficient merit to entitle him to rankas a great master. Time has allotted to Morland and to Dawe eachhis place in the scale ; and there is irony in the tactthat George Dawe, , is now forgotten as an artistand known only as the biographer of the painter who promoted a taste for vulgar subjects —the verdictof
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