Volume 1

The Farington diary / edited by James Greig.

  • Joseph Farington
Date:
[1922?-1928]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Farington diary / edited by James Greig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1802 Lord Nelson and the Hamiltons Hoppner’s Income March 13.—Hoppner mentioned that last year He got by His pro¬ fession ^3000 but never before had obtained so much in one year. Hopp¬ ner will not exhibit this year. He had begun a picture of Medea upon a large scale but has not time to finish it, and has not any pictures pre¬ pared such as He shd. choose to send.—He thinks the exhibiting colossal sized portraits of woemen has done harm as it makes common sized portraits appear trifling. March 24.—Hoppner had intended not to exhibit, but has been persuaded by Lord Carlisle to send a Kitcat portrait of a Girl leaning, which He painted with a view to Rembrants works. He will also send a portrait of Lord Nelson, whole length,—and a Kitcat of Alderman Hilbert, a very good portrait. March 17.-—Gandon has made .£40,000. He has one Son & two daughters, the eldest of them married to Captain Annesley, Son to Mr Annesley, a Commissioner of the Customs in Dublin. [Gandon was architect of the Dublin Custom House, which the Sinn Feiners destroyed some time ago.] April 6 .—Constable I called on. I told him his picture has a great deal of merit but is rather too cold. Constable called [on April 8] & I talked to him about his proceeding in art and recommended to him to study nature & particular art less. April 25 .—Lord Ellenborough will make an excellent Chief Justice, being of strict integrity, deeply skilled in law, and indefatigable in enquiry after knowledge of whatever relates to his profession. April 26.—[John] Taylor thinks the success of Cooke has somewhat lessened the reputation of Kemble,—who had established a formal and studied manner of acting which was becoming pretty general, and the public mind was accomodated to it.—The “ rough nature 5? of Cooke is diametrically opposite to it & has had great effect, and shewn the other mode to be too systematick.