George Morland; his life and works . M < o £ o j~ ij P »; 1-1 0 < «o MC o M. /rife rj/7l/dJJ,,jlJ .Y/jnf. TlTl^E FROM THE WRAPPER OF A DRAWING-BOOK BYGEORGE MORI,AND. /^ ^ .^ SICKTCI-IJ^: S : nr G. .^ UOJiZ. L 1 JJ ^ ?&/JI / A c^/Zi/^,9 /^u^^UC- /-r,/. ? ./u//-/YJ —r—f i-r-^ *iti<E-page; op a drawing-book by george morland. CHAPTER XI A NOTE ON SIGNATURES A FEW words on George Morlands signatures may be ofinterest to those who possess examples of his work orare collecting his pictures. Typical signatures are here-with reproduced, and in every case have been copiedfrom paintings the au
George Morland; his life and works . M < o £ o j~ ij P »; 1-1 0 < «o MC o M. /rife rj/7l/dJJ,,jlJ .Y/jnf. TlTl^E FROM THE WRAPPER OF A DRAWING-BOOK BYGEORGE MORI,AND. /^ ^ .^ SICKTCI-IJ^: S : nr G. .^ UOJiZ. L 1 JJ ^ ?&/JI / A c^/Zi/^,9 /^u^^UC- /-r,/. ? ./u//-/YJ —r—f i-r-^ *iti<E-page; op a drawing-book by george morland. CHAPTER XI A NOTE ON SIGNATURES A FEW words on George Morlands signatures may be ofinterest to those who possess examples of his work orare collecting his pictures. Typical signatures are here-with reproduced, and in every case have been copiedfrom paintings the authenticity of which is beyond dis-pute. It will be noticed that they differ considerablyfrom each other, both in the manner in which they arewritten and in the form of the signature and of the letterscomposing it. It is this curious variety which createsone of the pitfalls for the collector, and yet at thesame time constitutes one of his securities, as Morlandusually adapted his signature somewhat to its surround-ings, varying its shape or form in such a way as to b
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