The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-04-11
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s,E,roIRs or GEORGE AfORLAND,
,yr CELEBRATED ENGLISH PAINTER

,ade in the early part OF his me, wn" Is ev Butt
,on,y called great figure but ha'ing ,'u Gati
mich property, by engaging IN ichemes .hal an 2
we're, not prudentiy cohuu.'Su' ~ rL; ioin
b. world in difgut during the latter part OF MS III;
inc and educated his family in that oocurty mn,
% which the narro""eiS vi no =" pay
confined him. , pl~
~. i;fs that inclination for the art which fire.
cupntly Indicates genius, or whether the Prac- !
re yyas forced upon him by his father, WHO II
m;pht feel that it was the only art III wnen HE
could educate him, know not; bur GO kho "
that iuthe exhibitions of the original iociety 81
ar,;t,s' To which the father belonged, ,ere t
q, Even drawings by George Morland, at 4 age
of four. five and fix years, which would have
done credit TO youths who were learn r. the c
art as their protection ; and from tins I, n,c, his
father forced him to fudY, unremht' nkly, the
aro7;ce of every department OF the Art, till he
entered the world upon his own ac count
During the whole of this time, he was con-
fined in an upper room, copy rig drawings,
drawing from the platter cats, Or copying
n;,ques. Re0ricted from fociety alrnoit entire. l.
~. what opportunities he had for amuieiners
were obtained by ltealth his aifociates were
few bows in the neighbourhood, and the neir
of enioymeut were obtained by working 70 IA =,
when at his Guides, rs TO produce few s,l7 =, -
ipgs or pictures more than his father ma,;
he could DO in given time theie he has ~,
known to lower, by firing from the vi -,
of his apartment to his afociates, who 60
pointed to receive tl;em by them 81 , 80. r
turned into money, which was fpsns + ,,.bs,,, :;
common, when opportunities ohere
In this manner paiied the fra few en,sa,, ,.,.,
of the lie OF George Morland, n ID 70 III. a. -
is indebtedfor the immenfe pew r he baJ -! ~
the implements of his art foe II is notor;o',a
that whether it was the perch or the nall,t %,
the crayon that ne was cafe upon to ufe. no
one has had more comnlar id of his y,
than this eminent artifts
Avarice was the rup PATTON of the f,ths-
who fold the drawiogt, &c. made by his fon
for imall iuns; ard as his PATTON was infatja.
bic, kept him continually at work, and gave
him little, Il any other, education. He proba.
cy intehded' ny theie means, to keep him in
his power; but in this cafe, rs in many others
the forts Of avarice defeated their own burnett
Georee Morland's frft original conpoGtions
weie dlctated by his father they were final
pictures, Of two or three figures, taken rom the
common ballads of the day, fuch as Younp
Roger came tapping at Doy's windov,'' s,
Ineie the old gentleman ppt into frames and
fold at different prices, from one guinea f.
three, according to the pockets Of his cuffou,.
ers theie, though infinitely inferior to Nor
lands iublequent works, were admired rs tht
productions O. a youth, and a great nu,nbe,
were done; many got into the hands of curra.
vers, and the prints that were made from tier,
firft brought Mor!and into notice.
Some gentlemen, TO whom the father wa
known, would have patronzed the fon fran,
y one he borrowed two capital pictures ofVerpet.
which G. Morland copied mof admirably. Mr.
angerltein permitted him to copy Sir Jo!!,us
Reynolds's celebrated picture of Carried, be.
tween TRAGEDY and comedy this COW is in ex
iifence, and is highly creditab,e to Morand',
talents Ii this occalion that the rnf,r
tunate peculiarly of his difpoftion Glcwed #.
telf. The picture was at Blackheath and the
two Mor'ands went there TO copy it i: Mr. An
rl1iD l,,sy 70 Of,
progrefs of the work but the father tod the
writer Of this article, that bis ION refufed TO be.
gin his picture, till it was folennly promifed
him that no perion whatever ihoud overlook
the work, and that be ihould do whatever he
peaieo. Inc proulIie was made: he painted
the picture; a.iociatcd with the fcryants while
he was in the houie, and no entreaties couId
make him come within the reach of Mr.. An
gerltein.
Another gentleman, who was going to fpend
the fummtr at MarEate, advircd the father &c
fend his fon thither TO paint final portrait. :
The plan was good one it was adopted and
George Mor!and, with his picture of Garrick
and lone Others, took lodgings for the fealon
Company Gocked round him; his portrait,
pleaded, and very great number of them were
begun: out his unfortunate ,uauz,9if boyt
rendered the undertaking unproftsbie -Tbe
foclety OF elegant women, or rational men
made him feel his own ignorance and in(ipci6.
canoe hence every litter WAS an Object of dic
quit The pig races, and fuch elfeanf amufe.
ments as are projected for the lower order OF
viitors to Nlargae, obtained all his attention
and the portraits which careful man would
have fniihed on the (pot, and got paid for be.
fore the parties quilted the place, were left tc
be competed IN town. Infead of returning
home with bis pockets full of money, he onlT
brought large cargo OF unlimited canvaTts
and as the engagements of the watering place
are FORGOTTEN in the capital, very few of diem
were afterwards finiihed.
Butthough in this expedition he got but little
money, he gained feveral points that were o.
much, and might have gained o hers that woulr
have been Of more, contequence to him h,
was talked of as an art.f of comfortable Ia
Tents he was emancipated from paternal an
thority, and now, intead Of handing ketcf
lyly out of the window, TO get few fhlngs
he did whatever he peafea and fixed what price
ne Thought proper upon bis own work: he
MADE many acquaintance 700, who, unfortr
pateiy, contributed TO fix his character for life.
Arthtsare prone TO complain that he2 are ne
gleded, and their wofke not 70 much eocon