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attempt, as to make it fashionable to employ
living artists, according to the bent of their
respective talents. But, about this period, the
affair
of
VVilkes
agitated
the
nation ;
an d
the
Duke of
Portland
and Lord Rockingham,
who
most
the
strenuous of
VVest's
friends,
being
both of
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un der-
Majesty's
valued the importance attached to His
influence
and
countenance.
The
Archbishop
was not,
however,
discouraged by their political
prejudices; on the contrary, he thought that His
Majesty was one of those characters who require
to be personally interested in what it is desired
they should undertake; and he resolved to make
the attempt. The address with which His Grace
managed the business, evinced great knowledge
of human nature, and affords a pleasing view of
the ingenuousness of the
D
VVhen the picture of Agrippina was iinished,
the Archbishop invited the most distinguished
artists and amateurs to give him their opinion of
the work; and satisiied by the approbation which
they all expressed, he went to court, and took
an opportunity of speaking on the subject to the
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