Note 37 — SHAKSPERE GALLERY
Reading edition
Some of the latter pictures by Smirke are very fine; e. g., the face of Jessica which justifies the statement of the Dict. Nat. Biog. that Smirke had "good drawing, refinement, quiet humor." Bryan has a cooler comment: "Smirke was well spoken of in the comedy vein." Tieck likes him better in tragedy (page 34). Fiorillo's comment is "Seit Hogarths Zeiten hat kein Künstler so viel Charakter oder so viel Ausdruck in seine Figuren gebracht, noch eine Scene mit so viel echter Laune bearbeitet."