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knows from Whence — he goes throu the streets Like 

 the Devil I am told that he has as Many Pupils as he 

 Wishes for and Makes a WonderfuU quantity of What 

 he Calls Portraits and Assures the good folks who 

 employ him that in a few Months by his Method any 

 One May become able Painter — and yet from What 

 I am told the Man Never Drew [but] has bought a 

 set of handsome Drawings of Beasts Birds Flowers, 

 &" Which he Shews and Says are his own — all this a 

 Lye and take in While I Who Was Naturally In- 

 tended to Paint Teach &" am Without a Pupil or 

 Portrait."— 



here I Took My Hat told the Gentleman where I 

 resided and that I Would be happy to See him giving 

 him the [Two firsts] Initials of My Name only for 

 a Guide — from this Eloquent Member of the Sans 

 Culottes of the Trade, I Moved pretty briskly to M"" 

 Basterop's Room were in a few Minutes I had the 

 Satisfaction of Seing Mess" Jelle & Janin — all artists 

 and agreable Men. Not Well setled about the a/c of 

 Myself I had so lately heard but thinking how strangely 

 the good Man Will feel when he Calls on Me — if ever 

 he does — 



I Gave My Lessons first to Miss Pamar — M" Brand 

 at Miss Dellfosse and then according to Promise Went 

 to a Pensionnat (were My Young Friend Miss Pamar 

 receives the Larger portion of her Education) to give 

 her regular Lessons of Drawing — When I Entered the 



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