Печальный портрет
В семействе Линли были сплошь творческие личности: музыканты-певцы-композиторы. Только один, в солидном уже возрасте 18 лет, вдруг почему-то оставил свой гобой и отправился служить на флот... и обернулось все очень грустно.
Samuel Linley in his midshipman's uniform, by Thomas Gainsborough
Samuel Linley (1760 - December 1778) was the second son of Thomas Linley the elder and Mary Johnson, one of 7 musical siblings born to that couple. He sang in his father's concerts, 1774-5, and played the oboe. In 1778 he became a midshipman on HMS Thunderer, aboard which he contracted the fever from which he died.
Samuel Linley in his midshipman's uniform, by Thomas Gainsborough
Samuel Linley (1760 - December 1778) was the second son of Thomas Linley the elder and Mary Johnson, one of 7 musical siblings born to that couple. He sang in his father's concerts, 1774-5, and played the oboe. In 1778 he became a midshipman on HMS Thunderer, aboard which he contracted the fever from which he died.