Epigraph
So very like a painter drew,
That every eye the picture
knew;
He hit complexion, feature,
air.
So just the life itself was there;
He gave each muscle all its
strength,
The mouth, the chin, the nose's
length
His honest pencil touched
with truth.
And marked the date of age
and youth.
He lost his friends, his practice
failed;
Truth should not always be
revealed. — Gay.
Bibliography
Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its Foundation in 1769-1904. 8 vols. London: Henry Graves and Co. and George Bell, 1906.
Created 4 March 2016