31. Land storm, figures sheltering themselves; stream with bridge in the distance. 24 in. by 18 in. Rought. 511. 9s. 32. Sea storm, the wreck on shore, figures clinging to the rocks; the long boat in the distance. 25 in. by 20 in. Attenborough. 371. 16s. 33. Pheasant shooting, a woodland scene, with gamekeeper and dogs. 25 in. by 20 in. Rought. 921. 8s. 31. The hard bargain: interior of stable, figures dealing for a calf; a dog sleeping, and another in the middle distance. 26 in. by 20 in. Charles Curling, Esq. 1311. 5s. 35. The Gypsies: a rich woodland scene, gamekeeper leaning on style, in conversation with a group of gypsies, etc. 30 in. by 24 in. Richard Frankum, Esq. 551. 13s 36. Thatchers repairing roof of roadside inn, horses in the foreground; and market woman in the distance, dated 1795. 30 in. by 24 in. D. T. White. 1471. 37. Innocence alarmed, an interior with figures, dogs, gamekeeper, etc., singularly brilliant, clear, and transparent. 36 in. by 30 in. Matthew Hutchinson, Esq. 2241 14s.' 38. The Horse Fair; interior of stable, horses and figures about to attend the horse fair, seen in the distance. Admirably painted. 36 in. by 30 in. Charles Curling, Esq. 2311. The produce of these paintings was 21731., yet were they the products of the son of an obscure paintér now designated Old Morland,' who subsisted late in life by the incessant toil of his son in producing drawings for sale hence in the few hours of remission he sought solace among public-house companions, formed bad connexions, and imbibed intemperate habits, which destroyed his energies, and rendered him always poor, thus, many of his best pictures, those which will ever eternise his name among English artists, were painted with inconceivable rapidity in sponging-houses to raise means to redeem him from arrest, or in ale houses, to discharge his reckoning. 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