Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 236
me. When under Mrs.Matthews, he also attempted with his bit of charcoal toembody in outline on paper such passages as struckhis fancy. His drawings could not, however, have been veryextraordinary, for when he showed a drawing of an eyewhich he had made to Mortimer, the artist, that gen-tleman with… … Hobbling along uponCrutches. 208 Men Who Have Risen be very savage in their criticisms on others. At length,by dint of perseverance and study, his drawing im-proved so much that Mrs. Matthews obtained a commis-sion for him from a lady, to draw six original drawingsin black chalk of subjects in…
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