24 ACRE. 
CHAP, and the Lord John Foysie, to take away Ladie 
< /— . Elenor out of the prince's presence, lest her 
pitie should be cruel towards him, in not suf- 
fering his sores to be searched to the quick. 
And though she cried out, and wrung her 
hands, ' Madame,' said they, ' be contented : it is 
better that one woman should weep a little 
while, than that all the realm of England should 
lament a great season :' and so they conducted 
her out of the place." The tradition, however, 
which, after all, is not disproved by the evi- 
dence Fuller has adduced, has given rise to one 
of the finest specimens of modern sculpture 
existing in the world': and as it affords, per- 
haps, the only remaining proof of the surprising 
AnecJote abilities of an Ensrlish artist (snatched from the 
!in Eugihk pursuit of fame in the very opening of a career 
which might have classed him with the best 
sculptorsofAntient Greece), the author considers 
it a patriotic duty to pay some tribute to its 
(l) The work of John Deare, who, at a very earlj- period of life, 
attained to a surprising decree of perfection in scul})ture and desi^^n. 
He died a few years as:o, at Rome, at the very time when the first 
proofs of his genius began to obtain the patronage necessarj' for its 
full developemeut. The particular work alluded to is a bas-relief, 
executed in the marble of Carrara. It was purchased by Sir Corbet 
Corbet, a» English baronet, and belongs now to his collection. This 
brief allusion to a young artist, who would have been an honour 
to his country, is perhaps the only biographical document concerning 
him likely to be made public. 
