'Mr Heatherley Himself'

Photographic portrait of a man in an art studio fixing a skeleton
Photographic print (IX/1/7)

Photographic study used for Mr Heatherley's Holiday.

‘When I was studying painting in my kind old friend Mr. Heatherley’s studio, I remember hearing a student ask how long a man might hope to go on improving. Mr. Heatherley said: “As long as he is not satisfied with his own work”.’

– Samuel Butler, in a letter to O.T.J. Alpers, 17 February 1902

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