Show PAT THE blacksmith A humble artl artlan had csmos by hy an I 1 I 1 I 1 0 i am paint me aa a b backsmith lack smith 11 aid said patrick lyon and the artist did so so it came to that lyon a portrait la Is probably the beet best representation of an actual living blacksmith at hia his work in the world says S it Is a full le length ngat h picture life lite size in bla his blacksmith a apron resting his brawny arm and blackened band hand upon his hammer while a youth at the bellowe bellows renew renews the red beat of the iron hia his employer haa has been laboring upon the original palli painted ted by john in 1826 6 Is in the alst of wine ine arte arts the rpt ilea li Is at the boston athenaeum lil iii pat the blacksmith aa as he waa was familiar familiarly I 1 y C railed in philadelphia was born in london in 1779 2779 and caroe came to philadelphia in lit 1793 where be he died april 15 1819 his ills early struggle struggles made him become an ingenious blacksmith and be he wa was 1 a local celebrity he ile built many fir alre e eng nee les he ile was once sent for to open an iron chest made by himself the owner had lost the key pat dexterously performed the operation and holding the lid with one hand presented the other with a demand for 10 it was refused pat let fall the lid and walked off le leding allig the treas ure as fast sealed aa as before there was no remedy and reluctantly the owner of the strong box agila sent for pai pat he ile promptly appeared and the box was instantly loit antly opened the first demand of 10 was quickly offered bul bat b at no I 1 must have hale 20 now said the operator and sa was pail without a murmur for tho lid and the lock a were still in the iron grasp of or the the story of bis his Inear incarceration was this lyon was the blacksmith and locksmith ot at iho the bank of Penney pennsylvania lva the vaults were entered and a large sum of money was carried off suspicion fell upon lyon pat was ar rested and imprisoned for a long time in the castle which by his desire the painter has introduced into the h j portrait in procer of time te lie real culprit was found to be the watchman pat was released and made bis his old emp employers loers and recent persecutors pay handsome amadei ama gei jil I 1 believe he ile went bat baia to 10 his say anvil forgea hia his wealth and hammered iron bars into banknotes and eagles |