LIFE IN LIVERPOOL. 107 



Christ Curing the Blind Man, and listened to the singing of 

 blind musicians. 



" August 5. I have met Lord Stanley, and found him a frank, 

 agreeable man. Tall, broad-boned, well-formed, he reminded 

 me of Sully the painter. He said, ' Sir, I am glad to see you.' 

 He pointed out one defect in my drawings for which I thanked 

 him, but he admired them generally, He spent five hours in 

 examining my collection, and said, ^This work is unique, and 

 deserves the patronage of the Crown.' He invited me many 

 times to come and see him at his town-house in Grosvenor 

 Square." 



Under this date, Audubon writes to his wife : "I am cherished 

 by the most notable people in and around Liverpool, and have 

 obtained letters of introduction to Baron Humboldt, Sir Walter 

 Scott, Sir Humphry Davy, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Hannah 

 More, Miss Edgeworth, and your distinguished cousin, Eobert 

 Bakewell." 



" August 9. By the persuasion of friends, the entrance-fee to 

 my collection of drawings is to be charged at one shilling. 

 Three and four pounds per day promised well for the success of 

 this proposal. Painted a wild turkey, full size, for the Liverpool 

 Koyal Institution. Busy at work painting in my usual toilet, 

 with bare neck and bare arms. Dr. Traill and Mr. Eathbone, 

 while looking on, were astonished at the speed of my work. 



" At Liverpool I did the portraits of various friends desirous of 

 obtaining specimens of my drawing, and Mr. Eathbone suggested 

 that I ought to do a large picture, in order that the public might 

 have an opportunity of judging of my particular talents. From 

 various kind friends I received letters of introduction to many 

 distinguished persons. Mr. Eoscoe, in particular, favoured me 

 with an extremely kind letter to Miss Edgeworth the novelist, 

 in which he makes reference to my pursuits and acquirements 

 in flattering language." 



Audubon has copied into his journal many of these letters, 

 but the interest of them is not of sufiScient import to warrant 

 their reproduction. 



By the exhibition of his pictures at the Eoyal Institution, 

 Liverpool, he realized lOOZ.; but he speedily removed to 

 Manchester, £^nd carried with him his collection of drawings for 



