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LETTER409
CHARLESLAMBTOB.R.HAYDON
[March,1827.]
DearRaffaeleHaydon,—DidthemaidtellyouIcametoseeyourpicture,notonSundaybutthedaybefore?IthinkthefaceandbearingoftheBucephalus-tamerverynoble,hisfleshtooeffeminateorpainty.Theskinofthefemalesbackkneelingismuchmorecarnous.Ihadsmalltimetopickoutpraiseorblame,fortwolord-likeBuckscamein,uponwhosestricturesmypresenceseemedtoimposerestraint:Iplebeiandofftherefore.
IthinkIhavehitonasubjectforyou,butcantswearitwasneverexecuted,—Ineverheardofitsbeing,—"ChaucerbeatingaFranciscanFriarinFleetStreet."Thinkoftheolddresses,houses,&c."Itseemeththatboththeselearnedmen(GowerandChaucer)wereoftheInnerTemple;fornotmanyyearssinceMasterBuckleydidseearecordinthesamehousewhereGeoffryChaucerwasfinedtwoshillingsforbeatingaFranciscanFriarinFleetStreet."ChaucersLifebyT.Speght,prefixedtotheblackletterfolioofChaucer,1598.
Yoursinhaste(saltfishwaiting),C.LAMB.
[Haydonspicturewashis"AlexanderandBucephalus."ThetwoBucks,hetellsusinhisDiary,weretheDukeofDevonshireandMr.AgarEllis.HaydondidnottakeuptheChaucersubject.]
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