Chapter Times to Tintoretto of England of T by Brewer's Readers Handbook

guineas to the concerts of signor Cantata, because lady Dangle patronized him, but not one penny to “languages, arts, and sciences,” as such.—Knowles: The Hunchback (1831).

Tintagel or Tintagil, a strong and magnificent castle on the coast of Corn-wall, said to have been the work of two giants. It was the birthplace of king Arthur, and subsequently the royal residence of king Mark. Dunlop asserts that vestiges of the castle still exist.

They found a naked child upon the sands
Of dark Tintagil by the Cornish sea,
And that was Arthur.
   —Tennyson: Guinevere (1858).

Tinto (Dick), a poor artist, son of a tailor in the village of Langdirdum. He is introduced as a lad in the Bride of Lammermoor, i. This was in the reign of William III. He is again introduced in St. Ronan’s Well, i., as touching up the signboard of Meg Dods, in the reign of George III. As William III. died in 1702, and George III. began to reign in 1760, Master Dick must have been a patriarch when he worked for Mrs. Dods.—Sir W. Scott: Bride of Lammermoor (1819); St. Ronan’s Well (1823).

Meg Dods agreed with the celebrated Dick Tinto to repaint her father’s sign, which had become rather undecipherable. Dick accordingly gilded the bishop’s crook, and augmented the horrors of the devil’s aspect, until it became a terror to all the younger fry of the school-house.—Sir W. Scott: St. Ronan’s Well, i. (1823).

Tintoretto, the historical painter, whose real name was Jacopo Robusti. He was called Il Furioso from the extreme rapidity with which he painted (1512–1594).

Tintoretto of England (The). W. Dobson was called “The Tintoret of England” by Charles I. (1610–1646).