THE ENRAGED ARTIST.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1680, 19 March 1886, Page 2

THE ENRAGED ARTIST.

__ » — The artist Turner, hippeuing one day to pass a print shop, noticed in the window a copy of the engravings from his famon3 " Liber Studiorum." The print was in a very dirty, rugged state, and Turner naturally felt aggrieved at seeing the work of his hands in this dilapidated condition. Eutering the shop, he proceeded at once to blame the master in no measured terms for having neglected so valuable a print, and for having allowed it to become so disfigured. The man protested that it was no fault of his, as he did but offer tho eagraving for sale in the same state in which he had bought it from some other dealer. This did not satisfy Turner, however, and he and the man coutinned arguing in this fashion for some time, each making tho other more angry by contradiction. At last, the print seller lost all patience. "Perhaps, sir," ho said "when you have quite finished what you liave to say, you will kindly tell we what you have, to do with this engraving, and what business it is of yours whether the print is clean or dirty ?" " This is what I have to do with it," answered the enraged artist "It was I who drew the original of that print. My name is Turner, and I drew every line of that engraving with my own hand. Now, do you wonder that lam angry at seeing ray work in so disgraoefnJ a ■

state 1 " " Indeed, sir ! " replied the print seller. "So you are the great artist himself. All my life long it has been my wish that 1 might some day have the good fortune to see Mr Turner. And now that I have seen him I sincerely hope that I may never see him any more.' 1