David
Williams, founder of the Royal Literary Fund. One of these last may have
been the work to which the poet refers in a letter to his brother
Maurice in January, 1770. 'I have sent my cousin Jenny [Jane Contarine]
a miniature picture of myself...The face you well know, is ugly enough,
but it is finely painted' ('Misc. Works', 1801, p. 88).
[footnote]* There is also a sketch by Reynolds (?) at the British
Museum.
In front of Dublin University is a bronze statue of Goldsmith by J. H.
Foley, R.A., erected in 1864.* Of this there is a good engraving by G.
Stodart. On the memorial in Westminster Abbey erected in 1776 is a
medallion by Joseph Nollekens.
[footnote]* Goldsmith's traditional ill-luck pursued him after death.
During some public procession in front of Trinity College, a number of
undergraduates climbed on the statue, with the result that the thin
metal of the poet's head was flattened or crushed in, requiring for its
readjustment very skilful restorative treatment.
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