Rimbault desired the man to send him, and Zoffany was ultimately engaged to paint clock faces.
It is Italian in conception, and quite in keeping with other work of Zoffany.
Zoffany, the artist, lived for some time in poverty in Drury Lane.
Zoffany is now chiefly known in connection with his excellent character-portraits of famous old actors and actresses.
The room might be a background to a picture by Zoffany, dim and mellow and empty.
