In Thackeray's London

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Excerpt from In Thackeray's London: Pictures and TextI saw at a glance that the make-up and proportions of the machine were all right, for the back hood, when loos ened, sank low enough for me to see my subject over its edge (an essential for me, who paint with my back to the driver, my easel and charcoals on the cushion of the main seat).The chauffeur was all right too no question about that a well-built, broad-shouldered man of forty, with clean-cut features, straight nose, firm, straight mouth a mere slit of a mouth and a straight look out of his eyes. There was, moreover, no unnecessary shunting alongside the curb, no talking back just a bend of his head in close attention, so as to miss no word, and an earnest, responsive glance.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.