Some sitters were promised to me, and I had hope, subsequently justified, that they would be the precursors of others.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
The portraits of his staff were comparatively new; they had doubtless been supplied in haste by the happy mothers and sisters of the sitters, and his grey eyes, set under deep overhanging brows, rested on them proudly.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
He sees only the defects of his sitters; one might almost fancy that he takes a morbid pleasure in exaggerating their weak points, in painting them on their worst days; but I honestly believe he can't help himself.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton