The numerous sketches he executed were largely used in illustrating Childe Harold.
His sketches and studies for his pictures are numerous and very highly esteemed.
The last chapter sketches the general state of society, the growth of commerce, manners, and literature in the middle ages.
The principal Japanese supporter of this school was TaigadO (1722-1775), but the volume of copies of his sketches, TafgadO sansui juseki, published about 1870, is one of the least attractive albums ever printed in Japan.
Slight as these sketches are, they show considerable dramatic talent and an Aristophanic wit.
