Since I had the pleasure of collaborating with Sir Walter Gilbey in writing the biography of the painter, it has been pointed out that the artist with whom George Morland has more in common than any is Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779). The resemblance between the figure subjects in which each excelled is certainly striking; and this resemblance, regarded in conjunction with the French nationality of Morland's mother, has evoked the suggestion that the English painter may have derived hereditary talent from the maternal side. Search through the registers of the churches of the parish in which Henry Robert Morland lived fails to reveal entry relating to his marriage. It may be recalled, however, that Chardin's two daughters died in infancy. E. D. CUMING. [Illustration: Idleness] [Illustration: Diligence] [Illustration: Belinda, Billet-Doux] [Illustration: The Effects of Youthful Extravagance and Idleness] [Illustration: The Deserter's Farewell] [Illustration: The Deserter Pardoned] [Illustration: The Fox Inn] [Illustration: Gathering Sticks] [Illustration: Morning; or, The Benevolent Sportsman] [Illustration: Farmyard] [Illustration: Gipsies in a Wood] [Illustration: Evening; or, The Post-Boy's Return] [Illustration: Winter: Skating] [Illustration: Justice; or, The Merciless Bailiff]