LIVERSEEGE, HENRY 85
A Dear Model 86
LOTHERBOURG, PHILIP JAMES DE, R.A. 87
Gilray 88
Loutherbourg’s Eccentricity 89
Attitude is Everything 89
OPIE, JOHN, R.A. 89
The Affected Sitter 90
REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA, P.R.A. 91
Astley 91
Reynolds on Art 92
Johnson’s Portrait 92
Reynolds’s Sundays 93
Dr. Johnson 93
Garrick’s Pleasantry 94
Duchess of Marlborough 94
Pope 95
Michael Angelo 95
Reynolds’s Study 96
Dr. Johnson’s Opinion of Artists 96
Reynolds’s Discourses 97
Garrick’s Portraits 97
Sir Joshua’s Generosity 97
An Epicure’s Advice 98
Lord Mansfield 98
ROUBILIAC, LOUIS FRANCIS 98
Goldsmith 99
Roubiliac’s Honesty 100
Bernini 100
Lord Shelburne 100
Dr. Johnson 101
Roubiliac’s Poetic Effusions 102
RYLAN, WILLIAM WYNNE 103
Magnanimity 103
Self-Possession 104
Red Chalk Engravings 104
TENIERS, DAVID: FATHER AND SON 105
Teniers at the Village Alehouse 105
WEST, BENJAMIN, P.R.A. 108
Leigh Hunt 109
John Constable 112
William Woollet 112
James Northcote 113
Youthful Ambition 114
Perseverance in Art 115
WILKIE, SIR DAVID, R.A. 115
“Letter of Introduction” 119
Collins’s Reminiscences of Wilkie 119
Arrest at Calais 120
His Opinion of Michael Angelo and Raphael 122
WILSON, RICHARD, R.A. 123
A Scene at Christie’s 124
ZOFFANY, JOHANN, R.A. 124
The Royal Picture 127
The “Cock Fight” 127