[8] "Do but the seventh part of what thou canst."
[9] This charter, however, was never granted; the artists received the patronage of the King, and were by his command associated under the title of "The Royal Academy." Among its early members we find the names of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Wilson, who for talent in the several departments of the art in which they practised, have rendered their names immortal.
[10] Fuseli wrote in pencil, under this figure, "Fuseli amor mio."—Mr. Ottley saw this still remaining in the year 1792, when he was at Bologna, and added "anche amor mio."—W. Y. Ottley.
[11] This was a satirical drawing of the Painters in England at that time.
[12] Doctor Armstrong died in September 1779.
[13] Mr. Füessli died at Zurich the 6th of May, 1781.
[14] I beg here to acknowledge my gratitude to Mr. Roscoe for having allowed me to peruse the letters which he had received from Fuseli during a period of more than forty years, from which I have gleaned much useful information, and have only to regret, I am sure, in common with every reader of this memoir, that he did not accede to my wishes of being the biographer of his friend.
[15] The omissions in this and the succeeding letter, where asterisks are placed, relate only to the names of subscribers to the translation of Homer.
[16] Samuel Johnson.