io6 Bath in its relation to Art. 



painter. In the list of the Lawrence period are two good 

 miniature painters, Ford and Jagger ; the latter is said to have 

 often netted ;£7oo per annum ; also Sheldon a fruit painter, 

 an excellent colourist, whose transparent grapes and currants 

 are still admired. Following these were Syers, Duffieldi 

 Hardwick, the Hardys, Maddox, Rosenberg, all contributing 

 in various styles and degrees to the steady growth of the 

 English school. Dufifield, a student of the Royal Academy 

 and of the schools at Antwerp, was chiefly known as a 

 painter of still life, though he also excelled in portraits. 

 Hardwicke, one of the earliest members of the Royal Insti- 

 tute of Water Colours, acquired a good standing in Bath by 

 his successful painting of landscapes and old buildings. The 

 name of Wills Maddox was familiar locally in connection with 

 Mr. Beckford, of whose tower on Latisdown he made good 

 drawings. Elsewhere he gained repute by painting the 

 Sultan of Turkey, who sat to him for a portrait to be pre- 

 sented to the Queen of England. Of George Frederick 

 Rosenberg recollections are still so pleasant that the follow- 

 ing account by a relative may be given : — " The son of a 

 local artist, he was born in 1827 and elected an associate 

 of the Society of Water Colours in 1851. His early subjects 

 were still life, but he became equally well known as a land- 

 scape painter. His charming bits of English river scenery, 

 as well as his pictures of Norwegian mountains, added to 

 his reputation. He painted a fine study of a Norwegian 

 Glacier, called 'The Ice Plough,' only a few weeks before 

 his death in 1869, which was probably caused by his sitting 

 so many hours in close proximity to the ice.'' 



Much undoubtedly is due to the Bath artists 



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 now no eminence here like that of former 



