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"I do." "Well, Mr. Henry Thorneycroft or Allerton, was at the time this marriage took place, on a visit to that gentleman; and I myself saw the bridegroom, whom I had united a fortnight previously in Swindon church, walking arm-and-arm with Mr. Angerstein in Sydney Gardens, Bath. I was at some little distance, but I recognized both distinctly, and bowed. Mr.
"Here are other proofs: My husband's signet-ring, left accidentally, I think, with me, and two letters which I from curiosity took out of his coat-pocket the day, I am pretty sure it was, after we were married." "If this cumulative circumstantial evidence does not convince you, gentlemen," added the Rev. Mr. Wishart, "I have direct personal testimony to offer. You know Mr. Angerstein of Bath?"
Angerstein at the time stated. He was also at that period in the Gloucestershire Yeomanry. I gave William Martin, but the other day, a suit of his regimentals very little the worse for wear."
Angerstein at Bath once especially at the theatre, upon the benefit-night of the great Edmund Kean, who had been playing there for a few nights. The entire case, fully stated, was ultimately laid by us before eminent counsel one of whom is now, by the by, a chief-justice and we were advised that the evidence as set forth by us could not be contended against with any chance of success.
He repeated, in respectful terms, the great loss that would be occasioned to the proprietors by a return to the old prices, and offered to submit a statement of their accounts to the eminent lawyers, Sir Vicary Gibbs and Sir Thomas Plumer; the eminent merchants, Sir Francis Baring and Mr. Angerstein; and Mr. Whitmore, the Governor of the Bank of England.
So rapidly, however, did public opinion and taste become enlightened, that twenty-five years afterwards Parliament voted seventy-three thousand pounds for the purchase of thirty-eight pictures collected by Mr. Angerstein. This was the commencement of their National Gallery. In 1790 but three national galleries existed in Europe, those of Dresden, Florence, and Amsterdam.
I must bid you good-by, dear, as I am going to the Angerstein Gallery with the Fitzhughs.... Yours ever affectionately, F. A. K. Saturday, 4th. I was obliged to send an excuse to Turnerelli. I could not sit to him this morning, as it is now determined that "Francis I." is to be brought out, and received official notice that it was to be read in the greenroom to-day.
Angerstein returned my salutation, and he recollects the circumstance distinctly. The gentleman walking with him in the uniform of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry was, Mr. Angerstein is prepared to depose, Mr. Henry Thorneycroft or Allerton." "You waste time, reverend sir," said Mr. Flint with an affectation of firmness and unconcern he was, I knew, far from feeling. "We are the attorneys of Mrs.
He employed Harlow upon his portraits, to paint replicas, and even to prepare in dead colours the originals. Of course the painting of backgrounds and accessories was the customary occupation of the pupils. For eighteen months Harlow remained in the studio of Sir Thomas. A portrait had been painted of Mrs. Angerstein.
Chillingworth, and he changed colour a little as he spoke, "there was an execution shortly afterwards." "Yes," said Henry, "there was." "The execution of a man named Angerstein," added Mr. Chillingworth, "for a highway robbery, attended with the most brutal violence." "True; all the affairs of that period of time are strongly impressed upon my mind," said Henry; "but you do not seem well, Mr.
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