...first sitting, after more gratifying encomiums than I can now repeat, he took me by the hand, say ing, "Ascend your undisputed throne, and graciously bestow...This idea satisfied him so well, that without one moments hesitation he determined not to alter it. When I attended him, for the last sitting, he seemed...

...am your most humble servant;" and these were always repeated without the smallest variation.' " " ' I was, as I have confessed, an ambitious candidate...which the Tragic Muse now appears. This idea satisfied kim so well, that without one moment's hesitation he determined not to alter it. When I attended him,...

...now repeat, he took me by the hand, saying, ' Ascend your undisputed throne, and graciously bestow on me some good idea of the Tragic Muse.' I walked up...that without one moment's hesitation he determined net to alter it. When I attended him for the last sitting, he seemed to be afraid of touching the picture,...

...for James Fitzhugh, Esq. of Bannisters, has since his death been purchased for the National Gallery. your undisputed throne, and graciously bestow upon...When I attended him for the last sitting, he seemed afraid of touching the picture, and after pausingly contemplating his work, he said, ' No; I will merely...

...the first sitting, after more gratifying encomiums than I can now repeat, he (Sir Joshua,) took my hand, saying : " ascend your undisputed throne, and...the attitude in which the Tragic Muse now appears. Sir Joshua has painted his name in the gold border of the drapery, as some of the old masters painted...

...* See extract from Miss C. Fanthe expression or action of cither. Sir ! shawe's Journal (Appendix). walked up the steps and instantly seated myself in...the attitude in which the Tragic Muse now appears." Perhaps the two stories may be reconciled, if we suppose that the attitude was the same as regards...

...idea of the Tragic Muse ! ' 'I walked up the steps,' added Mrs. Siddons, in repeating the incident, 'and instantly seated myself in the attitude in which the Tragic Muse now appears.' She told the same story in substance to Miss Fanshawe, who recorded it in her journal immediately afterwards....

...idea of the Tragic Muse ! ' 'I walked up the steps,' added Mrs. Siddons, in repeating the incident, 'and instantly seated myself in the attitude in which the Tragic Muse now appears.' She told the same story in substance to Miss Fanshawe, who recorded it in her journal immediately afterwards....

...'' Ascend your undisputed throne ; bestow on me some idea of the Tragic Muse.' On which she said : ' I walked up the steps, and instantly seated myself...the attitude in which the Tragic Muse now appears.' Perhaps the two stories may be reconciled, if we suppose that the attitude was the same as regards...

...' Ascend your undisputed throne ; bestow on me some idea of the Tragic Muse." On which she said : ' I walked up the steps, and instantly seated myself...the attitude in which the Tragic Muse now appears.' Perhaps the two stories may be reconciled, if we suppose that the attitude was the same as regards...