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Sketches of Bartolomei's Pupils.
CHAPTER XLI.
Bartolozzi's Pupils: Sketches of their
Lives.
\ <71 (T) <7'0T,nJZ JZ T began taking pupils almost immediately on
J -his arrival in this country, and continued to
A J impart instruction until he finally left it. He first gave drawing lessons, his fee
being ten shillings an hour; but notwithstanding that he had made a name as a line
engraver, it was to learn the new art of stippling that drew would-be pupils—some of them
line engravers like himself—in numbers to his studio. Many of those he taught earned for
themselves undying fame as stipple engravers. Pupils of mediocre capabilities came to
him also, for instructing whom he was well paid ; but their guardians, strangely enough,
appeared to forget, that while he could develop talent, he could not create it, and their
names have dropped into merited oblivion.
After mentioning Tomkins, Schiavonetti, Bovi, and Gillray, as being amongst
Bartolozzi's best, Anthony Pasquin * says, " his other pupils are unworthy of their great
master."
* Anthony Pasquin, whose real name was Williams, was by profession an engraver; but making little progress in
his art, he abandoned the graver for the pen, and took up the profession of a satirical scribbler, which he at times pur-
sued with revengeful malignity. Henry Angelo, in his " Reminiscences," vol. i., page 316, says that he has heard it stated
that Pasquin studied under Bartolozzi, but although he attempted by enquiry to determine whether this were so, he was
unable to glean any satisfactory information. He mentions, however, that certain vignettes appended to Pasquin's
writings, which are the work of his own hand, are obviously in the style of the school of Bartolozzi, particularly that on
the title page as a frontispiece to his “ Children of Thespis," a poem in which he maliciously satirised many of the lead-
ing actors of the day. There is a small oval portrait of Williams, alias Anthony Pasquin, engraved by Bartolozzi.
No doubt Bartolozzi added considerably to his income by the fees he received from
many of his pupils, which appear to have varied in amount from one to five hundred
guineas. Some of them lived with him, and he appears not only to have charged for
their board, but also rent for the room or rooms they occupied.
The works of many of Bartolozzi's pupils are now sought by collectors with much
eagerness, and obtain almost as high prices as those by Bartolozzi himself. Such was the
45 demand
CHAPTER XLI.
Bartolozzi's Pupils: Sketches of their
Lives.
\ <71 (T) <7'0T,nJZ JZ T began taking pupils almost immediately on
J -his arrival in this country, and continued to
A J impart instruction until he finally left it. He first gave drawing lessons, his fee
being ten shillings an hour; but notwithstanding that he had made a name as a line
engraver, it was to learn the new art of stippling that drew would-be pupils—some of them
line engravers like himself—in numbers to his studio. Many of those he taught earned for
themselves undying fame as stipple engravers. Pupils of mediocre capabilities came to
him also, for instructing whom he was well paid ; but their guardians, strangely enough,
appeared to forget, that while he could develop talent, he could not create it, and their
names have dropped into merited oblivion.
After mentioning Tomkins, Schiavonetti, Bovi, and Gillray, as being amongst
Bartolozzi's best, Anthony Pasquin * says, " his other pupils are unworthy of their great
master."
* Anthony Pasquin, whose real name was Williams, was by profession an engraver; but making little progress in
his art, he abandoned the graver for the pen, and took up the profession of a satirical scribbler, which he at times pur-
sued with revengeful malignity. Henry Angelo, in his " Reminiscences," vol. i., page 316, says that he has heard it stated
that Pasquin studied under Bartolozzi, but although he attempted by enquiry to determine whether this were so, he was
unable to glean any satisfactory information. He mentions, however, that certain vignettes appended to Pasquin's
writings, which are the work of his own hand, are obviously in the style of the school of Bartolozzi, particularly that on
the title page as a frontispiece to his “ Children of Thespis," a poem in which he maliciously satirised many of the lead-
ing actors of the day. There is a small oval portrait of Williams, alias Anthony Pasquin, engraved by Bartolozzi.
No doubt Bartolozzi added considerably to his income by the fees he received from
many of his pupils, which appear to have varied in amount from one to five hundred
guineas. Some of them lived with him, and he appears not only to have charged for
their board, but also rent for the room or rooms they occupied.
The works of many of Bartolozzi's pupils are now sought by collectors with much
eagerness, and obtain almost as high prices as those by Bartolozzi himself. Such was the
45 demand