The life and letters of Frederic Shields . exhaustion; and after amorning plate of porridge and many hearty expressionsof goodwill from my benefactors, I resumed my tramp toManchester. My heart warms to the poor Irish from thatday, and I have known many worthy of deep still I had no employment. What to do ? I thoughtof my fathers friends at the Newton works—poor butwarm-hearted ; they might show me kindness. There, atthe tariff of seven shillings a head, they found me physiog-nomies enough to keep my pencil busy for months. Theywere drawn on tinted paper, life-size, in black and whi
The life and letters of Frederic Shields . exhaustion; and after amorning plate of porridge and many hearty expressionsof goodwill from my benefactors, I resumed my tramp toManchester. My heart warms to the poor Irish from thatday, and I have known many worthy of deep still I had no employment. What to do ? I thoughtof my fathers friends at the Newton works—poor butwarm-hearted ; they might show me kindness. There, atthe tariff of seven shillings a head, they found me physiog-nomies enough to keep my pencil busy for months. Theywere drawn on tinted paper, life-size, in black and whitechalk with a little red. Excellent practice and joy deli-rious after the grinding bondage of bobbin tickets, daily tostrive to catch something of the grace or strength ofNatures most exalted work. But the mine of the littletown grew exhausted, and at this juncture old Bradshaw,the Quaker partner in the Railway Guide printing firm,sent for me and said, Dost thou think thyself able todesign for Baxters patent Oil Painting Process ? Mod-.
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