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PORTRAITS OF CORNISH MEN. 



The council of the Royal Institution of Cornwall hope to 

 give from time to time in the Journal portraits of Cornishmen 

 of past times. The two portraits given in this number are from 

 the original drawings in the National Portrait Graller}' and are 

 reproduced by the permission of the trustees. The repro- 

 ductions are the copyright of Mr. Walker Emery, of London. 



CHARLES INCLEDON. 

 Drawn zSth October, 1798, by GKORGK DANCE, R-A. 



Benjamin, or, as he afterwards called himself, Charles 

 Incledon was born at St. Keverne in 1763, the son of a medical 

 man. He was a wild lad. After singing a short while in 

 Exeter Cathedral choir, he ran away to sea, but his beautiful 

 voice attracting attention, he left the navy and came forward 

 as an actor. He first appeared at Southampton in 1784 but as 

 an actor was not successful. His rich tenor voice and great 

 musical capacity, however, soon made him a favourite especially 

 at Covent Grarden, where he came to be recognised as the 

 foremost singer of the day. He is said never to have sung 

 a false note, and to have had a natural range from A to G, and 

 a falsetto range from D to F. He sang much in oratorios, but 

 his forte was the ballad, and hunting and sea songs. Many 

 amusing stories are told of him, not always to his credit. 

 Indeed it must be confessed he was a careless reprobate, though 

 a loveable man. He retired in 1822 and died in 1826. 



VICE-ADMIRAL BLIGH. 



Drawn 31ST May, 1794, by GEORGE DANCE, R.A. 



William Bligh was born somewhere in the east of Cornwall 

 about 1753, but nothing is known of his parentage. He 

 entered the navy and accompanied CajDtain Cook in the 



