Excerpt from The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports, Vol. 1: With IllustrationsMr. West received him with the greatest kindness, and freely gave him instructions in drawing and painting. From an Italian he learned to model in wax; Mr. Flaxman senior, instructed him in the art of moulding and casting plaister figures. But when he had been more than a year in London, and his diminished funds reminded him of re turning to America, Mr. West earnestly persuaded him to remain another year, kindly offering him a residence in his own house. Additional remittances from America, and some portraits which he painted in London, through the recommendations of Mr. Jennings, enabled him to prolong his stay; during which he made great improvement in oil painting, learned to paint in miniature, and executed some mezzotinto engravings. At this time Stuart and Trumbull were likewise students with Mr. West.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.