rity of men, they might never have been Stubbs on each occasion being the first chosen. As we have seen, however, the latter never took up the R. A, -ship, recorded. But he was no ordinary man ; he was strictly an extraordinary man. He saw at once that Art had a wider JOHN OPIE, R.A. significance… … John Opie, R.A . From the Picture by Himself in the possession of the Royal Academy. knew nothing of genius, a self- Art beyond what taught artist. Jonathan Richardson quaintly calls “face painting.” He Every one was struck with amazement, and the “ Cornish possessed the enthusiasm, the industry,…
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