LIFE OF WILLIAM ETTY, R.A.

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LIFE

OF

WILLIAM ETTY,

ETTY, R. A.

BY ALEXANDER GILCHRIST,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

"To Faint or Loiter when only a Little Effort!"-ETTY's MSS.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.

MDCCCLV.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER XVIII.

ILLNESS AND RUSTICATION. 1834. (ET. 47.)

Minor Pieces-Forced Idleness--Convalescence-Recovery of a Bad Debt-

Lincoln-Delight in York Minster-Affable Dignitaries-A Country Seat'

-Excursions-The North Riding-Lastingham and Jackson-Rivaulx-A

Labour of Love-An Innovating Dean-Affection for Antiquities-A York

Beauty-The Painter at Play-Gentleness of Heart-Busy Retirement......1

CHAPTER XIX.

AMENDS FOR LOST TIME. 1834-1836. (ET. 47-49.)

Busy Production-The Dealers-Thirty Years' Study-'The Age'-Manchester

-Stage-Coach Days-Dilettante-Subjectless' Pictures-The Lawrence

Collection- The Arts in England'-An Historical' Superstition-Models

-The Adam and Eve-A York Exhibition-A Magnet-St. Mary's......28

CHAPTER XX.

AMBITION AND ITS REWARD. 1836-37. (ET. 49-50.)

Concentrated Effort-Large Pictures: a Current Misconception-Swift Execu-

tion, and Sure-Attendance in the Life-Academy: as Student-As 'Visitor'

-Trafalgar Square: A Triumph-Its Alloy-Smaller Essays-Blake Street

-A Close Bargain-Hopes of a Commission-Amateur Romanism-Sympa-

thies with the Past-False Alarm-Volunteer Counsel-Anonymous Mentors

-Picture-Beggars

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