PICK OF THE PICTURES.
(New Gallery—continued.)
No. 11. "Her First Ball;" or, "Train 'em up in the way she should bowl." Portrait of little girl preparing to be a Lady-Cricketer. She has the ball in her hands, and is only waiting to cry out "Play!" G. P. Jacomb-Hood.
No. 15. Charming Picture of Nobody Nowhere, Miss Anna Alma-Tadema.
No. 20. Portrait of W. Matthew Hale, Esq. By John Parker. "All Hale!"
No. 37. "Silver Mist." This ought to have been the picture of a gentleman in search of a threepenny piece; but it isn't. Fred Hall.
No. 66. The Departing Guest. E. Burne-Jones.
The ending of the party see,
"O let us get a cab for thee!"
"Nay," quoth the guest, "I've wings! so I,
Like to the trout, will take a fly."
No. 112. Alderman J. Stone-Wigg. First Mayor of Tunbridge Wells.
Indeed you look an Alderman,
'Tis true I've seen a balder man.
"J. Stone-Wigg" is the name I see,
Which "Lost or Stolen-Wig" should be.
No. 160. Portrait of Lady Simpson. Bravo, Mr. Val Prinsep, A.R.A. Uncommonly good. A parody of the old song should have been selected by the Artist as a motto for the picture:—
Lady Simpson has a dog—
I don't know its name—
Pretty tail has dog, incog.
Ribands round the same.
No. 170. "The Spirit of Life." By Archie Macgregor. "Eh, Archie mon! aiblins, 'tis just the whusky-still the Leddie's at, takin' a wee drappit i' the 'ee. And why did ye nae ca' it, 'Still Life'"?
No. 177. Portrait of Mrs. George Lewis. Excellent, Mr. Colour-Sargent! N.B.—Very few "Sergeants" left; but Mr. George Lewis has secured the best of them to paint this portrait.
No. 194. Very charming is "The Closing of an October Day." By George H. Broughton, A.R.A. He has caught the "Early Closing Movement" to the life.
No. 242. "In the Grip of the Sea-Wolf"; or, "Early Bathing at Boulogne." E. M. Hale.
No. 324. And a good Judge too! Portrait of Sir Douglas Straight. The Douglas, "bearded in his den"! Quarter (Sessions) Length. Sad end to a distinguished career to be "quartered, drawn, and hung"! Congratulate Artist, Miss Vera Christie, on good likeness.
