king. Charles II. sat to him, but almost discouraged the bashful artist from pursuing a profession so proper for him. Looking at the picture, he cried, "Is this like me? Then od's fish, I'm an ugly fellow!" This discouraged Riley so much that he could not bear the picture, though he sold it for a large price. However, he kept on, and had the satisfaction of painting James II. and his Queen, and also their successors, who appointed him their painter. Riley died three years after the accession of William and Mary, in 1691.
THE ARTIST FOOTMAN.
Edward Norgate, an English painter of excellent
judgment in pictures, was sent into Italy by the
Earl of Arundel to purchase works of art. On returning,
however, he was disappointed in receiving
remittances, and was obliged to remain some time
in Marseilles. Being totally unknown there, he used
frequently to walk for several hours in a public part
of the city, with a most dejected air; and while
thus engaged, he was occasionally observed by a
merchant, who, doubtless impelled by kind feelings,
ventured one day to speak to the wanderer, and
told him that so much walking would have soon
brought him to the end of his journey, when Norgate
confessed his inability to proceed for want of money.
The merchant then inquired into his circumstances,
and told him that perceiving he was able to walk at
least twenty miles a day, if he would set out on his
