THE LIFE OF CONRAD MARTENS 



"Of all drawing and painting materials it would be well to 

 bring a good supply; all these things are both bad and scarce. 

 For instance, there is not a lithographic drawing book for be- 

 ginners that is worth twopence to be had, nor has been for years. 

 Neither can I get any paper upon which to print any lithographic 

 sketches in all the colonies ; but I must wait till that arrives from 

 England which I have sent for. 



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" I have done no oil painting for some time ; my painting room 

 is so cold in the winter that I have been obliged to retreat to 

 another room to draw in, but which has no light for painting. I 

 am, indeed, much disheartened about painting. There is no sale 

 for anything in that way. Small drawings and lithographs and 

 teaching have been of late the only way of raising a little cash. 

 Our exhibition has not been repeated. There is a puffing, un- 



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