...in such a school. David was a silent though stirring child, and loved, when scarce escaped from his mother's bosom, to draw such figures as struck his...questioned what he was doing, he answered, " Making bonnie Lady Gonie;" and that the rude outline contained something of the lineaments of Lady Balgonie,...

...his mother's bosom, to draw such figures as struck his young fancy on the sand by the stream side, on the smooth stones of the field, on the floors of...chalk upon the floor ; and, on being questioned what be was doing, he answered, " Making bonnie Lady Gonnie ;" and that the rude outline contained some...

...in such a school. David was a silent though stirring child, and loved, when scarce escaped from his mother's bosom, to draw such figures as struck his...could spell ; nor is it forgotten that he was seen, Avhen a mere child, to sketch a female head with chalk upon the floor ; and, on being questioned what...

...have guessed which •way the current was setting for after-life."']' Wilkie has been heard to say that he could draw before he could read, and paint before he could spell. George Stephenson, while cowboy to a farmer at twopence a day, gave ample indications of that bent...

...adopted by Mr. James Mill, who, however, points out an error of his in relation to form.3 Wilkie " has been heard when his fame was high to declare that...before he could read, and paint before he could spell." 4 Wilkie as a child disliked arithmetic,5 but was very mechanical, and loved to construct mills, carriages,...

...adopted by Mr. James Mill, who, however, points out an error of his in relation to form.3 Wilkie " has been heard when his fame was high to declare that...before he could read, and paint before he could spell." 4 Wilkie as a child disliked arithmetic,5 but was very mechanical, and loved to construct mills, carriages,...

...are adopted by Mr. James Mill, who, however, points out an error of his in relation to form.3 Wilkie "has been heard when his fame was high to declare...draw before he could read, and paint before he could spell."4 Wilkie as a child disliked arithmetic,* but was very mechanical, and loved to construct mills,...

...that Pope, the poet, lisped numbers while yet a child ; and Wilkie, in after life, was heard to say, that he could draw before he could read, and paint before he could spell. This certainly proves a natural organism for an artist, although it gives no indication of the possession...

...born with the conviction that the whole duty of man was the production of pictures. He says of himself that he could " draw before he could read, and paint before he could spell;" and it is at a surprisingly early period of his life that he began scratching portraits of his friends...

...stream-side, on the smooth stones of the fields, or on the floors and walls of his nursery at the manse. He could draw before he could read, and paint before he could spell. When quite a little child, he was drawing eagerly one day with chalk upon the floor. " What are you...