 Regardless of the outcome, which is not known, he decided to return to England shortly afterward.Pauling was in London by the end of 1844, as the records of the National Gallery indicate he was issued an artist's copyist ticket in 1844 to copy works in the Gallery.As Brian Foss writes, at the time "art education tended to lay a heavy emphasis on copying as a means of improving one's technique and of gaining a deeper understanding of past masterpieces."