Saved the Situation.
On one occasion a great public dinner was given to Isaac Hull by the town of Boston, and he was asked to sit for his picture to Gilbert Stuart, a celebrated artist and a great braggart When Hull visited his studio Stuart took great delight in entertaining liim with aflefso{e§ pf English sycoes-. s? l^' stores Qf the marquis of this, and i&e bajoness of that, which showed how elegant was the society to which he had been accustomed. Unfortunately, in the midst of this grandeur, Mrs Stuart, who did not know that there was a sitter, came in, with apron on and her .head tied up with some handkerchiefs, from the kitchen, and cried out: "Db youmean to have that leg of mutton boiled oy roasted ? " to .which Stuart spited, with great presence of * mind, "Ask yom mistress."* ; V
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King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 63, 3 January 1908, Page 3
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143Saved the Situation. King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 63, 3 January 1908, Page 3
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