New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
CROHWELL'S WART.
CARLYIE's ANXIETY TO HAVE THE ESGRANtR
PIT 1T ~ THE RIGHT PLACE.

cAEI.yI.Es ANXIETY TO HAVE THE ENGRAvER
PUT IT N THE RIGHT PLACE
From The Boston Transcript.
A curious bit of bother is brought forward in q
Tsgsn romve tle THs sNa mask M which had clear history
of "A hundred years at least, was III the loSs,s So,
was believed to be the genuine mask OF the lord
Protector. Carlyle was desirous that inns W ool-
cromwell Letters and the tale is that the mask
was taken one day Carlyle in Cheyne Row.
np railng his Right hand to skull cap fted 4
and stood bareheadcd in revereniai attituue III
Ing IT, 10, it was found that CromweFs historic
wart familiar in the paintings by Cooper ana mroS 81,
There were. however. several Spots lhnlca'ns , ing
place Mr. Woolncr another. and Mr.. Anderson yet
another. which was supposed TO be the ren' or %
Anderson happened In earlier years TO have made
dra wing of a Cromwell mask. which had "a, satisfied
spicuous He therefore suggested that he should
insert the wart from this authority. To this Mr.
was the dcspscd Mask of Commerce.. in which
Mr.. Wooncr observed that the pimpe had eVi-
IDENTIFY been put on by some keen -witted plaster,
man who knew the tendency OF the human nnd
10 dwell upon irihcs No one likes to have MS MS
precious curiosities questioned and dcprcciaei, Mr.
Wooner's perfectly natura and growing irritation
point forward he always refers to the wart by the
contemptuolis name Of the pimpe.
and SIr CARLYLE certainly did not regard 1t as
detail he despised for on March 20 1870 he wrote
Dear Sir: Your pencil-drawng deserved Mr. Rus
kins praises for IT'S force and spirit Yet IT s not
completely like the w1rt quite wrong placed fclose
10 the eyebrows should have b""nl. ana IN the
half-open eyes. something almost horrible to me-
With the actual photo you will far surpass THIS.
"Mr. Woolncr is quite mistaken "a to wart ana
any possibility Of putting il in. the wart IL not
there 10 give vivacity 10 the mask bnt hccause
# feature of divers face ana no mask
that has IL not from nature can he accepted 10
cngrave from or be thought worth photoing Tru'h'
al owe all things. is Indispensable 10 MS
Il mean 10 call on Mr.. WOolner this worry day and
cet la these
Won will already understand what the points are.
and that they are fixed. sharply defined mask.
III for photo. and that no mask which has not .
art can he considered ht. am sorry there should
but II nobody except you and | Will be perfectly
sure II Is necessary we two should b" SO
or. CARLYLE
The mask was thcreupon engraved: but that
unfortunate warf." Mr.. Anderson expresses II.
had not yet ceased from troubling. for once more
Carlyle wrote.
Dear Sir In my hurry at present see nothing
alton OF the wart (Which for all. must bc put
where the model gives II YOU namely. clear above
the eyebrow nowhere else. for any reason
whatever). In tho rest OF the picture find moth
ing but success. and am well satisfied
For heavens sake, put that wart right AT last
and let me the final proof possible
for the printer is getting impatient now II Mr.
Woolner Gas hope) gets sight Of the proof must
(and only excepting on that of the wart only
For no reason must that be put In place not its
own. In very great haste. T. CARLYLE.
Monday mocn).'
perplexed draughtsman succeeded in defining the
position of this historical excrescence the Lord
Protectors brow to Carlye's satisfaction. and so
brought to a close the great question of "the wart"