In this case the office did not seek the man: the man was duly measured,
and the office manufactured to fit him.

When Sir Joshua died, in February, Seventeen Hundred Ninety-two, it was
the close of a success so uninterrupted that it seems unequaled in the
history of art. He left a fortune equal to considerably more than half a
million dollars; he had contributed valuable matter to the cause of
literature; he had been the earnest friend of all workers in the cause of
letters, music and art; and had also been the intimate adviser and
confidant of royalty. He was generous and affectionate, wise and sincere;
a cheerful and tireless worker--one in whom the elements were so well
mixed that all the world might say, This was a man!




LANDSEER

The man behind his work was seen through it--sensitive, variously
gifted, manly, genial, tender-hearted, simple and unaffected; a
lover of animals, children and humanity; and if any one wishes to
see at a glance nearly all we have written, let him look at
Landseer's portrait, painted by himself, with a canine
connoisseur on either side.

--_Monkhouse_

[Illustration: LANDSEER]