THE POOR ARTIST.
Daring one of Sir Henry Irving’s American tours a poor artist called several times to see him, Each . time he brought a picture which he had paintedhe finally left it with a note stating that he was in needy circum* stances. Irving read the note and took the wrapping from the picture. It proved to be a paint* ing of himself as Hamlet. Irving gazed upon it for a and then ejaculated to his secretary j “ Give him £5. If he is as poor as his picture her must i'hs 08-t&f point of starvation.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 128, 26 March 1901, Page 1
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97THE POOR ARTIST. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 128, 26 March 1901, Page 1
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