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Changing Hats
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BARRY the painter was with Nollekens at Rome in 1760, and they were
extremely intimate. Barry took the liberty one night, when they were
about to leave the English coffee-house, to exchange hats with him.
Barry's was edged with lace, and Nollekens's was a very shabby, plain
one. Upon his returning the hat the next morning, he was asked by
Nollekens why he left him his gold-laced hat. Why, to tell you the
truth, my dear Joey, answered Barry, I fully expected assassination
last night; and I was to have been known by my laced hat. Nollekens
used to relate the story, adding, It's what the Old-Bailey people would
call a true bill against Jem.
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