pattern of angles and lines in the disarray
juxtapositions of unexpected colour
at the riotous celebratory dinner
had little appetite
found in the fuss and hysterics exhaustion
due to the war chiefly and illness
potentially more saleable subjects
not lightly abandoned
failure to rekindle a flame of adventure
auctioned and dissipated to now untraceable purchasers
presumably in America
largely forgotten until a spat
hampered by absence
travelled in a tramp steamer round the south Atlantic and Mediterranean to convalesce
disapproved of bright colours
the placement of surprising and incongruous elements
improbable and deliberate anachronism
generally used to mean makes no sense
as a draughtsman employed to illustrate animals
known principally for popular nonsense
owing to the family's now more limited finances,
required to leave home and live together
suffered frequent epileptic seizures
in later life, partial blindness
always sensed the onset of a seizure in time
to remove himself from public view
near the end of life
began a journey into
the ancient monuments
by an old sheep track of the shepherds.
described the winter stillness
of the mountains
and the beautiful basilica