as the most accurate translation of the novel up to that time, but also strongly criticised for being stiff and humourless, although it went through many printings during the 19th century. Legacy As principal portraitist to the King of England, Jervas was known for his vanity and luck, as mentioned in the Imperial Biographical Dictionary, "He married a widow with $20,000; and his natural self-conceit was greatly encouraged by his intimate friend [Alexander] Pope, who has written an epistle full of silly flattery." According to one account, after comparing a painting he had copied from Titian, he was said to have stated "Poor little Tit, how he would starve !". Upon being told that Jervas had set up a carriage with four horses, Kneller replied: "Ach, mein Gott, if his horses do not draw better than he does, he will never get to his journey's end." Notes References Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography: Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen and of Eminent Persons Connected with Ireland by Office or by Their Writings, New York: Lemma Publishing Corporation, 1970. External links Grove Dictionary of Art: Charles Jervas The Twickenham Museum: Charles Jervas AbsoluteArts.com – Charles Jervas (1675–1739) National Portrait Gallery – Charles Jervas UK Government Art Collection – Charles Jervas Dictionary of Irish Biography -- Charles Jervas 1675 births 1739 deaths 17th-century Irish painters 18th-century Irish painters Irish male painters Irish portrait painters People from County Offaly Spanish–English translators Irish translators Translators of Miguel de Cervantes