George Morland, his life and works . eature of his situation. One set of creditorswas continually hunting him with a view to arrest andanother set was as constantly shielding him, helpinghim to evade arrest, and going bail for him, with theobject of procuring pictures. He would not return to Chelsea after this experience,and sought refuge with Sympson in the house of awaterman at Lambeth. Here he remained for a month,never leaving his hiding-place until after dark, when hewould get the waterman to row him across the river,that he might visit his favourite public-houses in theneighbourhood of C
George Morland, his life and works . eature of his situation. One set of creditorswas continually hunting him with a view to arrest andanother set was as constantly shielding him, helpinghim to evade arrest, and going bail for him, with theobject of procuring pictures. He would not return to Chelsea after this experience,and sought refuge with Sympson in the house of awaterman at Lambeth. Here he remained for a month,never leaving his hiding-place until after dark, when hewould get the waterman to row him across the river,that he might visit his favourite public-houses in theneighbourhood of Charing Cross. He was apparentlybeginning to grow nervous at this time, for, without anyparticular reason, he became dissatisfied with the houseat Lambeth, and wanted to go farther afield wherehe thought he might be more secure from pursuit ;accordingly he took a furnished house at East Sheenwhere his wife joined him. It is probable that one motive for leaving Lambeth 130 GIPSIES IN A WOOD (Size of original picture 19A x 25i inches.). His Life and Works for East Sheen was to obtain more exercise and freedomof movement. For weeks together in London he hadonly ventured out after dark, and the confinement wastelling upon his health and spirits. He worked inces-santly : if he did not go out in the evening he seldomleft his painting room until he went to bed ; he ceasedto take his meals regularly, but would sometimes have,at seven in the morning, beefsteaks and onions withpurl and gin, or a pot of porter for breakfast. Hisdinner he would take at eleven or twelve or one orthree oclock as his appetite served. Even while atCharlotte Street, where at first some regularity wasmaintained in their domestic arrangements, he seldomsat at table with his wife, but cooked his own food inthe studio and ate it from a chair beside his easel. Itwould seem that during such periods of self-imposedconfinement he indulged the habit of weeks together he would be perfectly sober,working hard
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