George Morland; his life and works . presents a scene with Mr. Jacobs harriers. Mr. Garle also states that Morland painted a sign for thevillage inn at Hale—The Fighting Cocks—and introducedinto it the portraits of two local farmers—Mr. Roach ofArreton and Mr. Hills of Horringford—but unfortunatelythe sign, taken down one windy day, has since been lostsight of, and cannot be found. While at the seaside, Collins tells us, observing thefishermen bait their hooks and throw out their lines,the ends of which they made fast with tent-pegs orstakes on the shore; Morland determined to play a trickupon
George Morland; his life and works . presents a scene with Mr. Jacobs harriers. Mr. Garle also states that Morland painted a sign for thevillage inn at Hale—The Fighting Cocks—and introducedinto it the portraits of two local farmers—Mr. Roach ofArreton and Mr. Hills of Horringford—but unfortunatelythe sign, taken down one windy day, has since been lostsight of, and cannot be found. While at the seaside, Collins tells us, observing thefishermen bait their hooks and throw out their lines,the ends of which they made fast with tent-pegs orstakes on the shore; Morland determined to play a trickupon some men with whom he had been associating,and who had not treated him quite fairly. He collectedtogether a quantity of old wigs, old shoes, tatteredbreeches, and mop-heads, and taking up all the lines andstripping the hooks of the bait, fastened this rubbish tothe lines, putting on bones and other weights that theymight sink out of sight, and then withdrew. When thefishermen were sibout to raise their lines, Morland posted. [ Hyatt, photo.] [Collection of the E\ors of bir Charles Tennant, ^EJNESS. V .*. ^ ^.
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