Day. Alexander Day, miniature painter and picture-dealer (1772–1841).
Barry. James T. Barry, painter and art critic (1741–1806), who was patronised by Burke.
And by the force of blear illusion.
‘As by the strength of their illusion
Shall draw him on to his confusion.’
Macbeth, III. 5.
See also ‘blear illusion,’ Comus, 155, and vol. IV. The Spirit of the Age, p. 214, where the same combination occurs.
[90]. Flaxman. John Flaxman (1755–1826), sculptor and designer.
Cosway. Richard Cosway (d. 1821), the miniaturist.
Bears a charmed life. Macbeth, V. 7.