Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-03-13
LAUGHED AT DEATH.
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE IA
NOUS oAiNSBOROUGH.
Ills Portrait OF the beautiful Duchess of
Devonshire How He Catered TO His
Love For Music-The Request OF Sheri-


He was born In Suffolk England, in 1927,
and died in London Aug ,, 1888 In his
sixty-lirst year lin had a handsome face
and easy, persuasive manners He painted
portraits, but Was most distinguished as
landscape painter. Says Il critic Oh Nature
sat to him i'm all her attractive attributes
of beauty, and his pencil traced with pecul-
lar and matchlcss facility her finest and
most delicate linCanents, whether it was
the sturdy oak, the twisted eglantine, the
mower whettng his Pthe the whstling
plowboy or the shepherd under the haw.
thorn in the dala-ail came forth equally
chasto frcm his ininituble and fanoiful
pencil"
He painted portrait Of the beautiful
Duchess OF D2youshirc, but it was SO little
TO his satisfaction that he refused to send
st to Chatsworth, Her dazzling beauty
and gay convention took away, for the
time, the readiness Of his hand and the
hasty happiness Of his touch. Drawing
his wet pencil across the mouth, which all
who saw it thought cSquisitely lovely, he
said, "Her grace is too hard for me" The
portrait is supposed 90 have been destroyed
certain lord once came 10 sit for
portrait He had put on new suit OF
clothes, with "a well powdered wig. He
took his seal with practiced look Of such
Importance ana rrottness that Gansbor
ouch bce.an TO auyh and was heard to
,utfer. "TEis viii never do"
"Now, sir " said the lord. II beg you
will not overlook; thed.mple on my chin. "
"Confound the dilulc on your chin, re.
piled the artist II shall neither paint the
one nor the Other. He at once laid down
his brushes and refused TO resume them
He was NOT a H-ttarer with either his
tongue or his rr,,. II
He had n love r.r music. but. while he
possessod ear. rs.ta and genius. he did not
have publication onourb to lell.n his notes
He filo6 his houso with ali kinds of mn.
steal Instruments. Having noticed a Their.
no in = ,,oirttr IN ,}ctrrf,iand IN po..oss
ono He asc.-l,i.} t1tho ylrrrt Of - Ger.
man professor who was f1uud dining on
roasted orrlps and sruol,inl, his pipo with
his tbcrbo beside him Il am come. " said
Gainsborough. ..to buy vour lutte. Name
vour prico ana bcr,'s vo,,r money. -
"I ran't>.ll my Iutc 90 rarrfrd tho nro.
fessor s.No. NOT for a ,ufuea or tyyog But
vou ,rust soil IL ! roll Won " .lrv Into il
worth much Jnouoy-it Is worth 10 guin.
cas-" Ave. chat it is. SEQ; here's the
money"
So saving. Gainsborouob took nm tho
instrurupnt. laid down fine price and won't
half down 1f.tirt. ffI fbpf, IA
Turned. "Ilg,e doue1-, half INV GRAND 4"
he said ..Wbat is vour Into worth if
have NOT vour hooks, "Wb,t hook Mas.
fer Gnin:boroYobg', "Whv tbe nook Of
airs Won bayc comnoeod for the Irfo -
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timo This t. tbp h,nl, 7 moan Tlcrc'S
10 orino,s for IL ~, ONCE moro ,,ood da,. -
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turned amin "What +. fine t,.o of vorr
book TO me if I don't understand II y he
asked. .nnd vorr luteq You may take II
again II Won won't teach mo 10 rlgy on IL
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