George Morland, his life and works . ors doorstep, and cameaway saying he should think no more of the girl. Dawe says it was about this time that GeorgeMorland became acquainted with William Ward. Thefamous engraver may, however, have known somethingof the young artist, for he had engraved The AnglersRepast six years earlier, in 1780. The Wards livedat Kensal Green,^ at that time a country hamlet faroutside London. George became a frequent visitor attheir house, and before long took lodgings with thefamily—consisting of William, his mother, and twosisters. He proved a very agreeable guest : ev
George Morland, his life and works . ors doorstep, and cameaway saying he should think no more of the girl. Dawe says it was about this time that GeorgeMorland became acquainted with William Ward. Thefamous engraver may, however, have known somethingof the young artist, for he had engraved The AnglersRepast six years earlier, in 1780. The Wards livedat Kensal Green,^ at that time a country hamlet faroutside London. George became a frequent visitor attheir house, and before long took lodgings with thefamily—consisting of William, his mother, and twosisters. He proved a very agreeable guest : even • In the marriage register of St. Pauls, Hammersmith, George Morlandand his bride, and William Ward and his bride, Maria Morland, are ineach case described as of this hamlet. This description is explained bythe fact that part of the straggling village of Kensal Green was in theparish of Hammersmith and part in that of Paddington. 58 THE EFFECTS OF YOUTHFUL EXTRAVAGANCE AND IDLENESS (Size of original picture 29J x 24J inches.). His Life and Works James Ward admits that he was very good-natured,pleasant, and lively. When his youthful spirits ranhigh, William Ward used to say it was only the fire otgenius, and when married he would settle down into afine character. But he did not, adds J. Ward ;and with gloomy self-complacency he remarks thatMorlands drinking propensities caused him (J. Ward)to shun liquor throughout his lite. Settled at Kensal Green, Morland applied himselt towork in earnest, stimulated, we may assume, by theencouragement of William Ward or that of MissWard ; and if some of the pictures he painted at thistime afford any indication of the trend of his thoughts,he intended to turn over a new leaf and devote himselfseriously to his profession. The first pictures heproduced while lodging with the Wards were twosmall canvases entitled The Idle Mechanic andThe Industrious Mechanic; these were followedby The Idle Laundress and The IndustriousCottager. A moral les
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