Volume 100 / Act 2 — THE PICK OF THE PICTURES. (AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY.)
Reading edition
No. 164. Pilling Him. Affectionate wife insisting on the invalid taking a Bolus. Sidney Paget.
No. 259. "A Select Committee." H. Stacy Marks, R.A.
No. 278. "The Fleecy Charge." A title that suggests an attempt at extortion, but is here applied to A picture in wool-work by the veteran, T. SYDNEY COOPER, R.A. Of course whatever the artist may ask for it, it will always be "sheep at the price."
No. 388. "Writing a Message to St. Helena." Hope St. Helena received it. Probably forwarded by a winged messenger as suggested by the name of the artist, which is EYRE CROWE, A.
No. 519. "Gorse." By DAVID MURRAY. Good? Why certainly, as a matter of gorse.
No. 697. Rather mixed subject, being "Eventide" by KNIGHT.
No. 1161. "A Maiden Fair." By G.A. STOREY, A. Never heard of such a thing as "a Maiden Fair," except in Oriental countries. She seems to be having all the fun of the Fair to herself. This concludes a series of Storeys in four numbers, 356, 704, 1043 and 1161, making up his "Tale." "And now my STOREY's done," that is, for this Season.
SCULPTURE.
No. 1962. "Triumph" of ADRIAN JONES. It is so. Quite a triumph. The SMITHS, BROWNS and ROBINSONS nowhere compared with A. JONES.
No. 2001. "H.M. Stanley—bust." Is he? Poor STANLEY! It is to be hoped that the EMIN-ent explorer will forgive the sculptor, who is C.B. BIRCH, A. Fancy the indomitable STANLEY never yet beaten, but BIRCH'd at last!