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L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| To The Revd Dr Trusler
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| Hercules Buildgs Lambeth Augst 16. 1799
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| Revd Sir
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| I find more & more that my Style of Designing is a Species
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| by itself. & in this which I send you have been compelld by my
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| Genius or Angel to follow where he led if I were to act otherwise
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| it would not fulfill the purpose for which alone I live. which is
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| in conjunction with such men as my friend Cumberland to renew the
L4.1Trustler8'99; E701| lost Art of the Greeks
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701| I attempted every morning for a fortnight together to follow
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701| your Dictate. but when I found my attempts were in vain. resolvd
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701| to shew an independence which I know will please an Author better
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701| than slavishly following the track of another however admirable
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701| that track may be At any rate my Excuse must be: I could not do
L4.2Trustler8'99; E701| otherwise, it was out of my power!
L4.3Trustler8'99; E701| I know I begged of you to give me your Ideas & promised to
L4.3Trustler8'99; E701| build on them here I counted without my host I now find my
L4.3Trustler8'99; E701| mistake
L4.4Trustler8'99; E701| The Design I have Sent. Is
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| A Father taking leave of his Wife & Child. Is watchd by Two
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| Fiends incarnate. with intention that when his back is turned
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| they will murder the mother & her infant--If this is not
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| Malevolence with a vengeance I have never seen it on Earth. & if
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| you approve of this I have no doubt of giving you Benevolence
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| with Equal Vigor. as also Pride & Humility. but cannot previously
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| describe in words what I mean to Design for fear I should
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| Evaporate [some of m] the Spirit of my Invention. But I
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| hope that none of my Designs will be destitute of Infinite
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| Particulars which will present themselves to the Contemplator.
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| And tho I call them Mine I know that they are not Mine being of
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| the same opinion with Milton when he says That the Muse visits
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| his Slumbers & awakes & governs his Song when Morn purples The
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| East. & being also in the predicament of that prophet who says I
L4.5Trustler8'99; E701| cannot go beyond the command of the Lord to speak good or bad
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| If you approve of my Manner & it is agreeable to you. I
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| would rather Paint Pictures in oil of the same dimensions than
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| make Drawings. & on the same terms. by this means you will have a
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| number of Cabinet pictures. which I flatter myself will not be
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| unworthy of a Scholar of Rembrant & Teniers. whom I have Studied
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| no less than Rafael & Michael angelo--Please to send me your
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| orders respecting this & In my next Effort I promise more
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| Expedition
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| I am Revd Sir
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| Your very humble servt
L4.6Trustler8'99; E701| WILLm BLAKE