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COLLECTION OF MR. ROGERS.
409
LESLIE (C.), R.A., living in 1844.
61 The Children of Edward IV. at Prayers—before they go
to sleep—the sleep that was to be their last. Small sketch.
62 A Mother teaching her Child to Read.—(A version of a
famous print by Marc Antonio.)
REYNOLDS (Sir Joshua), b. 1723; d. 1792. [See the Introduc-
tion to Lord Lansdowne’s collection.]
63 Puck seated on a Mushroom.—In the background, Bottom,
with his ass’s head, is seen reclining in a most meditative
and sentimental attitude.
This well known and admired picture, has been so often
engraved, that farther description is unnecessary. The
conception has often been criticised, as not conveying the
idea of Shakspeare’s elf—“ the merry wanderer of the
night”—as “ too childish, and not sufficiently fantastic.”
This was my own feeling; but on expressing it to an
accomplished painter, who was looking on it at the same
time, he asked, “ why the gothic imp, Robin Goodfellow,
should not be imaged as a mischievous child, as well as the
classic imp, Cupid?” 3 ft. 4J in. by 2 ft. 7 in.
64 The Strawberry Girl.—With her hands simply folded, a
basket under her arm, she stands in her white dress, and
looks full at the spectator with her large dark eyes.
The admirable impasto, the bright golden tone of colour,
clear as Rembrandt, and the dark landscape background,
have a striking effect.* 2 ft. 5 in. by 2 ft. (See p. 328.)
65 The Sleeping Girl.—Her head resting on her arm. Ex-
hibited in 1787. f
* “ The picture of a little strawberry girl, with a kind of turban (a kerchief) on
her head, was painted about this time, (1775,) and he considered it as one of his
best works, observing that no man ever could produce more than about half-a-
dozen really original works in his life, ‘ and that picture,’ he added, * is one
of mine. ’ The picture was exhibited, and repeated by him several times, not so
much for the sake of profit as for that of improvement.”—Vide Northcote's Life
of Reynolds.
t Northcote says—-“ Mr. Opie and myself were the managers for arranging
the pictures, but we found great difficulty in placing it, being so powerful in its
effect, that it seemed to annihilate every picture near it.” See also the Lans-
downe Collection, No. 155.
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409
LESLIE (C.), R.A., living in 1844.
61 The Children of Edward IV. at Prayers—before they go
to sleep—the sleep that was to be their last. Small sketch.
62 A Mother teaching her Child to Read.—(A version of a
famous print by Marc Antonio.)
REYNOLDS (Sir Joshua), b. 1723; d. 1792. [See the Introduc-
tion to Lord Lansdowne’s collection.]
63 Puck seated on a Mushroom.—In the background, Bottom,
with his ass’s head, is seen reclining in a most meditative
and sentimental attitude.
This well known and admired picture, has been so often
engraved, that farther description is unnecessary. The
conception has often been criticised, as not conveying the
idea of Shakspeare’s elf—“ the merry wanderer of the
night”—as “ too childish, and not sufficiently fantastic.”
This was my own feeling; but on expressing it to an
accomplished painter, who was looking on it at the same
time, he asked, “ why the gothic imp, Robin Goodfellow,
should not be imaged as a mischievous child, as well as the
classic imp, Cupid?” 3 ft. 4J in. by 2 ft. 7 in.
64 The Strawberry Girl.—With her hands simply folded, a
basket under her arm, she stands in her white dress, and
looks full at the spectator with her large dark eyes.
The admirable impasto, the bright golden tone of colour,
clear as Rembrandt, and the dark landscape background,
have a striking effect.* 2 ft. 5 in. by 2 ft. (See p. 328.)
65 The Sleeping Girl.—Her head resting on her arm. Ex-
hibited in 1787. f
* “ The picture of a little strawberry girl, with a kind of turban (a kerchief) on
her head, was painted about this time, (1775,) and he considered it as one of his
best works, observing that no man ever could produce more than about half-a-
dozen really original works in his life, ‘ and that picture,’ he added, * is one
of mine. ’ The picture was exhibited, and repeated by him several times, not so
much for the sake of profit as for that of improvement.”—Vide Northcote's Life
of Reynolds.
t Northcote says—-“ Mr. Opie and myself were the managers for arranging
the pictures, but we found great difficulty in placing it, being so powerful in its
effect, that it seemed to annihilate every picture near it.” See also the Lans-
downe Collection, No. 155.
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