George Morland, his life and works . d escapingfrom duns he gave up the house in the Rules and tookup his quarters at the Black Bull, Highgate, the land-lord of which, the celebrated Bob Bellamy, as Hassellcalls him, was an old friend. In earlier days he hadbeen a regular habitue of this inn, at the door of whichnumerous coaches used to draw up on their outwardjourney. It is not clear when he made this move :Collins says that he remained at Highgate for severalmonths until the latter end of the year 1802,^ so hemust have quitted Lambeth Road some time in thatyear. Morland suffered from a weekl
George Morland, his life and works . d escapingfrom duns he gave up the house in the Rules and tookup his quarters at the Black Bull, Highgate, the land-lord of which, the celebrated Bob Bellamy, as Hassellcalls him, was an old friend. In earlier days he hadbeen a regular habitue of this inn, at the door of whichnumerous coaches used to draw up on their outwardjourney. It is not clear when he made this move :Collins says that he remained at Highgate for severalmonths until the latter end of the year 1802,^ so hemust have quitted Lambeth Road some time in thatyear. Morland suffered from a weekly sort of debility while he lived at Highgate, and spent most of his timedrinking with post-boys and other characters of thesame class who frequented the inn. He seems to have 1 Dawe says his stay at the Black Bull extended to about two months ;but as Collins at this time had frequent intercourse with Morland hisstatement seems more likely to be correct. 170 WINTER: SKATINGSigned, undated (Size of original picture 19J X 25^ inches.). His Life and Works done little work—probably he was not in a state ofhealth to spend hours at his easel—and the landlordbegan to grow uneasy about the bill. Morlands staywas brought to an abrupt close by a quarrel with hishost : angered by some slight, real or imaginary, hetook offence, and demanded the reckoning, forgettinghis inability to discharge it. The bill was promptlyforthcoming, and the landlord took possession of thepictures in Morlands room, some being deadcoloured, and others something more than halffinished, together with all the movables he foundthere. Morland, in these circumstances, went to thatever-open haven of refuge, his brothers house inDean Street. Some of the pictures thus detained by the landlordof the Black Bull were the property of other people,and Morland proceeded to threaten him with legalaction ; but when the landlord defied him, and Mor-land sought counsel with Mr. Wedd, it was found thatno redress could be antici
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