SIR DAVID WILKIE.
WE are indebted to a correspondent for an explanation of the circum- stances attending the seizure for rent of the pictures exhibited by WILKIE at Pall Mall in 1812 ; which negatives our inferences of the ill-success of the exhibition and the then limited reputation of the painter. The execution was put in, it seems, for rent due from a pre- vious tenant; and though the claim was morally unjust, yet being legally valid, WILKIE was forced to pay the demand.
It is no less gratifying to us than to his personal friends, to know that this distinguished painter was never in distressed circumstances, and that from the commencement of his career his extraordinary talent was duly appreciated. While setting right this unintentional misrepresen- tation, we take the opportunity of correcting a minor inaccuracy in our notice : Sir David Wructe, we are reminded, was knighted by Wilasamthe Fourth, not by Queen Vic-roma.
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