Samuel Smiles Quote

Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny insects. A burnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.

Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct (ed. 1861)

Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny...

Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny...

Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny...

Stothard learned the art of combining colors by closely studying butterflies wings; he would often say that no one knew what he owed to these tiny...