CARLYLE'S GRUFFNESS.
Once Millais was commissioned to paint a portrait of Carlyle (says Mr W. P. Frith in the "Young Man"), but he never finished It, though the head was nearly done. Millais Hved in a magnificent house—a perfect palace, furnished most beautifully. There was even a fountain playing near the stairs. After Carlyle had sat there three or four times the two were going downstairs together when Carlyle, looking round at all the beauty and luxury, said abruptly: "Does all this come out of your trade?" "Yes, oh yes," replied Millais. "O what fools people are," was th« gruff comment of the sage, and Millais was so offended that he refused to go on with the picture.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 230, 26 September 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)
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