I am happy to bear testimony to the character of Mr. Smith as a man, and to find him so highly respected as an artist. T. THOMSON. I have long known Mr. Smith to be an ingenious artist, an able instructor, and a benevolent and honest man. JOHN CRANCH. I have known Mr. Smith many years, and believe him very capable of filling the office of drawing-master to Christ’s Hospital with credit to himself and advantage to the charity. HENRY HOWARD. J. SWAINSON. T. WHITTINGHAM. J. NIXON, Basinghall Street. HENRY SMITH, Drapers’ Hall. ALEX. LEAN SMYTH, the Hudson’s Bay Company. ARTHUR BALL, } JOHN BROOME, } Hudson’s Bay House GEORGE WHITEHEAD, Cateaton Street. Providence, which placed me next door to Mr. J. T. Smith for several years, made me intimately acquainted with a faithful husband, an affectionate father, and an honest man. CHARLES GOWER, M.D.” [Illustration: JAMES BARRY, R.A. “I reflect with horror upon such a fellow as I am, and with such a kind of art, with house-rent to pay and employers to look for.”] 1799. On the 4th of August this year, died at his mansion in Rutland Square, Dublin, the Right Hon. James, Earl of Charlemont,[287] who was born 18th of August, 1728. This gentleman was truly a nobleman, for he was one of the greatest patrons of the fine arts this country could boast of. He was the great friend of Hogarth; bought many of his pictures, particularly that most elegant performance so justly celebrated under the title of “The Lady’s Last Stake,” so admirably engraven by Mr. Cheesman.[288] The following is a copy of an original letter given to me by a late worthy friend; it is addressed to the late Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bart.,[289] and written by Lord Charlemont within eight months of his Lordship’s death. “DUBLIN, _12th Jan., 1799_.