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The former contains stirring war songs, like "The Defence of Lucknow," and pictures of wild passionate grief, like "Rizpah"; the latter is notable for "Romney's Remorse," a wonderful piece of work; "Merlin and The Gleam," which expresses the poet's lifelong ideal; and several exquisite little songs, like "The Throstle," and "The Oak," which show how marvelously the aged poet retained his youthful freshness and inspiration.
Flaxman, the sculptor, maintained him to be 'the first of all our painters for poetic dignity of conception. 'Between ourselves, wrote Hayley to Romney's son, 'I think your father as much superior to Reynolds in genius as he was inferior in worldly wisdom. Upon his death three biographies of Romney were given to the world. Cumberland wrote a brief but able memoir.
It is hard to understand the utter unmanliness and heartlessness of Romney's conduct in this respect. There is no word of accusation against her no hint affecting her character no question as to her being in any way unworthy of his love and trust, and of her rightful position by his side.
This was after his return from the Continent; but before going to Italy he was distinctly the rival of Sir Joshua, so much so that there were two factions, and Romney's studio, in Great Newport Street, was crowded with sitters, among whom was the famous Lord Chancellor Thurlow, whose full-length portrait is the pride of its possessor.
Have you ever really seen Romney's portrait of Lady Hamilton as Joan of Arc?" Those fine eyes of hers pierced him with a glance of such candid inquiry that he cast pretence to the winds. "No," he said. "Then you just invented the comparison as an excuse for colliding with the chair?" "Yes. At the same time I throw myself on the mercy of the court." "It was rather clever of you."
The inconsistency manifest between Romney's wanton cruelty in his domestic character, and his reputation among his intimates and contemporaries for great kindliness of nature, generosity, and general worth, is remarkable enough. There are many men, however, who appear to the least advantage when seen by the light of their own fireside.
The little brown frock was just right, and the ribbon that was tied round her hair. I'll tell you what she reminded me of a good deal Romney's 'Parson's Daughter. "What a find for my first day at Priorsford! "I went to tea with the Jardines and I never was at a nicer tea-party. We said poems to each other most of the time.
This is not always the case with Romney's portraits; pattern, and cut, and vogue do not fail to assert themselves. In colour Romney is very unequal; in his own day it was notoriously inferior to Reynolds's, though in spite of some instances of chalkiness and thinness, generally rich, pure, and lustrous.
The only way of making this poor tariff remunerative was by extreme rapidity of execution; and few men have ever painted so rapidly as Romney. But this rapid manner has its disadvantages. If habitually persisted in, it in time renders thorough finish impossible to the painter. An absolute necessity in Romney's early life, it became a distinct vice in his after works.
....the pleasures of the Hayleyan board, Where, as his pencil, Romney's soul sublime Glows with bold lines, original and strong, etc.
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