raimbach

Updated: June 14, 2025

Wilkie's early poverty had trained him in habits of strict economy, which were, however, consistent with a noble liberality, as appears from sundry passages in the Autobiography of Abraham Raimbach the engraver. William Etty was another notable instance of unflagging industry and indomitable perseverance in art.

Samuel Smiles - Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance