B.R Haydon et ses amis . e l'argent sur sa mise à la figure et ses lunettes, et d'emprunter des hisbutterman. Pas étonnant qu'il s'exclame : La plus grande malédiction qui peuvent s'abattre sur un inEngland père est d'avoir un fils doué d'un passionand le génie de l'art haut Dieu merci withall mon âme, tous de ma nature, mes enfants ont vu la wit-agonies de harcèlement en vertu de laquelle je haveever peint ; et le nom même de la peinture-le nom même de l'art - l'thoughtof une photo leur donne un hideux et disgustingtaste dans leur bouche. Dieu merci, l'un mon vu les garçons, ni ma fille, peut tracer une ligne droite, 250 B.

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B.R Haydon and his friends . e money on his lay-figure and his spectacles, and to borrow of hisbutterman. Small wonder that he exclaims: The greatest curse that can befall a father inEngland is to have a son gifted with a passionand a genius for High Art. Thank God withall my soul, all my nature, my children have wit-nessed the harassing agonies under which I haveever painted ; and the very name of painting—the very name of High Art—the very thoughtof a picture gives them a hideous and disgustingtaste in their mouths. Thank God, not one ofmy boys, nor my girl, can draw a straight line, 250 B. R. HAYDON AND HIS FRIENDS even with a ruler, much less without one. AndI pray God on my knees, with my forehead bentto the earth, and my lips to the dust, that Hewill, in His mercy, afflict them with every otherpassion, appetite, or misery, with wretchedness, disease, insanity, or gabbling idiotism, rather thana longing for painting—that scorned, miserableart — that greater imposture than the humanspecies it imitates.. By Permission oj Carlo Gatti CURTIUS LEAPING INTO THE GULF From the Picture by B. R. Haydon CHAPTER XXVII In February 1843 Haydon exhibited his CurtiusLeaping into the Gulf, which found a pur-chaser at ^200, but being paid for with a bill atsix months, brought no immediate help to thepainter. A typical day in his life at this timeis described on February 3: Out early toglaze my picture of Curtius. Found Etty1 inthe hall, waiting like myself to go up. Chattedwith Etty, who said my example and Hiltonsin early life had greatly influenced him. . .I toned the picture like lightning. In onehour and a half I had ^10 to pay upon honour, and only £2 15s. in my pocket. I droveaway to Newton, paid him £2 15s., and bor-rowed £10. I then drove away to my friend, paid him the £^o, and borrowed ^5 more, butfelt relieved I had not broke my honour. Thenhome, took out all my proofs [of his prints], called on all my subscribers, and saw them left.Thus I have done my duty to

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