. Sketches of great painters for young people. d him on his Joshua replied, No honor in the world could havegiven me more pleasure. Fortunately he rememberedat once the title recently conferred on him by theking, and hastened to add, except that conferred onme by your Majesty. Sir Joshua worked on without interruption until1781, when he made a journey to the Netherlands. Thenext year his work was again interrupted by a slightattack of paralysis, from which he soon rallied so thathe was able to go again to the Netherlands. The recordof his travels and of his impressions of the c
. Sketches of great painters for young people. d him on his Joshua replied, No honor in the world could havegiven me more pleasure. Fortunately he rememberedat once the title recently conferred on him by theking, and hastened to add, except that conferred onme by your Majesty. Sir Joshua worked on without interruption until1781, when he made a journey to the Netherlands. Thenext year his work was again interrupted by a slightattack of paralysis, from which he soon rallied so thathe was able to go again to the Netherlands. The recordof his travels and of his impressions of the country andits art was published under the title of a Journey toFlanders and Holland. For seven years after hisreturn he continued to paint, till another attack ofparalysis affected his eyes so much that he couldwork no more. He continued his relations with theRoyal Academy till 1790, when he sent in his resigna- 250 SKETCHES OF GREAT PAINTERS. tion. In the early part of 1792 he died at London,after an illness of three months. He was buried in. Reynolds. The Angel Choir. St. Pauls Cathedral, near the tomb of Sir ChristopherWren. Sir Joshua Re}*nolds had the power of expressing on SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. 251 canvas the charm, the grace, and the true characterof his subject, whether man, woman, or child. Whata series of portraits he has bequeathed to the world!What elegance, nobility, and distinguished grace arefound in them ! Although he lived in a society withconventional and affected manners, his portraits usuallyhave the charm of simplicity, and always possess truedignity. Among his portraits of men, those of AdmiralKeppel, Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Boswell, Garrick, andLord Heathfield show what power he had in seizingcharacter. The portrait of Lord Heathfield was pur-chased by Parliament in 1824, and it is one of Sir Joshuasfinest works. It represents the hero during the defenseof Gibraltar, firmly grasping the key of the the background is the rock, the key to the Medi
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