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i6 GAINSBOROUGH
whose puritanical countenance wrought most
whimsically upon me.” The Earl, annoyed at
the non-appearance of his visitor, said to him
one day, “Perhaps, Mr. Gainsborough, you
have forgotten; you geniuses have wandering
memories.” “ No, my lord, I have not forgotten,”
stammered Gainsborough; and Sir George goes
on to relate that he resolved to remain where
he was no longer; but as soon as the Earl
and his household had assembled at their de-
votions, he left the house, telling the servant
appointed to attend on him to inform his lord-
ship that he had gone to breakfast at Salisbury.
It was, perhaps, not much wonder that Gains-
borough made enemies as well as friends, when
he could resent so strongly a gentle reminder of
one of the initial principles of good breeding,
respect for the customs of a house in which he
was a guest.
Gainsborough had not been long at Schom-
berg House before he was summoned to Buck-
ingham Palace by George III., who had already
often noticed his work at the Royal Academy,
and had, it is said, been specially struck with
the Portrait of Garrick. The artist soon became
a favourite with the Royal Family, and painted
likenesses of the King, Queen, and most of the
whose puritanical countenance wrought most
whimsically upon me.” The Earl, annoyed at
the non-appearance of his visitor, said to him
one day, “Perhaps, Mr. Gainsborough, you
have forgotten; you geniuses have wandering
memories.” “ No, my lord, I have not forgotten,”
stammered Gainsborough; and Sir George goes
on to relate that he resolved to remain where
he was no longer; but as soon as the Earl
and his household had assembled at their de-
votions, he left the house, telling the servant
appointed to attend on him to inform his lord-
ship that he had gone to breakfast at Salisbury.
It was, perhaps, not much wonder that Gains-
borough made enemies as well as friends, when
he could resent so strongly a gentle reminder of
one of the initial principles of good breeding,
respect for the customs of a house in which he
was a guest.
Gainsborough had not been long at Schom-
berg House before he was summoned to Buck-
ingham Palace by George III., who had already
often noticed his work at the Royal Academy,
and had, it is said, been specially struck with
the Portrait of Garrick. The artist soon became
a favourite with the Royal Family, and painted
likenesses of the King, Queen, and most of the