FIDELITY TO NATURE.
A gentleman, accompanied by a favourite dog, visited the studio of an artist one day. There was a picture on the easel, and the dog began barking furiously at it. ‘ Nature may be relied upon, after all,’ said the visitor. ‘ The best evidence of the faithfulness with which you have painted that dog in the background is the earnestness with which my dog barks at it.’ ‘ But that isn’t a dog,’ said the artist, growing red in the face. • Not a dog ? What is it, then?’ ‘ It’s a cow.’ ‘Ah, really? So it is. The dog’s eyes are better than mine : he never did like cows.’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 36, 6 September 1890, Page 20
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109FIDELITY TO NATURE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 36, 6 September 1890, Page 20
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