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146 CORNWALL There's twenty thousand Cornishmen ; Shall know the reason why." " A wondrous Cornishman, who is carrying all before him " is Sir Joshua Reynolds' description of John Opie the painter, who was born the son of a poor carpenter John Opie near Truro in 1761, became an R.A. and portrait-painter of great note, and died in 1807. His second wife was Amelia Opie the novelist, daughter of the Norwich physician, Dr Alderson. Henry Bone, the enamellist, is also of sufficient distinction to deserve mention here.
