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Title: George Morland, his life and works
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1834-1914 Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941
Subjects: Morland, George, 1763-1804
Publisher: London : A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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n. Enjoy-ing the facility with which he could raise money onpromissory notes, he ran into debt with a light heart,and squandered everything he got as soon as it cameinto his hands. About this time he gave up travelling on the stage-coaches and took to riding hired horses instead,making frequent excursions with companions, the costof which he defrayed. These excursions usuallyoccupied a day ; but sometimes he went farther afield,and on one occasion spent a week on a trip to Whitby.He was, we are told, deeply impressed by the grandeurof the Yorkshire coast ; and perhaps we may traceconception of the two pictures Anxiety ; or the Shipat Sea and Mutual Joy ; or the Ship in Harbour to this Whitby expedition. These paintings were en-graved by Philip Dawe, and published by W. Dickin-son in 1788. 80 THE DESERTER PARDONED Reproduction of a coloured engraving by G. Keating, published 29th July 1791by J. R. Smith, King Street, Covent Garden, London. (Size of original engraving 17f x 21J inches.)
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CHAPTER VIII No doubt the calls of the office Morland had so thous^ht-lessly undertaken gravely interfered with his artisticwork ; and it would seem that he borrowed with morefreedom than his previous wont to meet his expenses.When first he began to raise money on promissorynotes he was scrupulous about discharging his obliga-tions when they became due. Those were the days ofimprisonment for debt and Morland at this period hada horror of endangering his liberty.^ As, however,he became accustomed to the sense of indebtedness hetroubled himself less about his ability to honour hispromissory notes when they fell due ; with the morereason, as he found little difficulty in persuading hiscreditors to renew them. His reputation wasestablished and creditors were often only too anxiousto oblige him thus if they could obtain a picture tocompensate them for the indulgence. The brother of his friend Irwin was one of thoseto whom he owed money : indeed it would appear that * As much of the latter

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