Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 412
ne time, when hewas receiving only about £30 (or $150) for aportrait, his income was £6000 (or $30,000) ayear. His life was full of honors, too. In 1768he was elected president of the Royal Academy byacclamation and was knighted by King George III. FAMOUS PICTURES 899 In his sixty-sixth year he… … From a Perry picture. THE STRAWBERRY GIRL. 3Y SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS art students. The final discourse was deliveredin December, 1790, and after a long illness hedied and was buried in St. Pauls Cathedral inFebruary, 1792. It is said that Dr. Samuel Johnson, who livedat the same time and was intimate…
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