ROYAL ACADEMY—FIRST DEPRESSIONS.

A spirited representation of “Ca’ Canny” on the Kentish coast during the initial work on the Channel Tunnel, circ. B.C. 200. THE BULL-DOG BREED. An aged couple, their features disfigured by mosquito bites, bravely continue to sit for their portraits.
The kitten which all who know and love the best traditions of the Academy would expect to find in this picture has evidently strayed into this one. We draw attention to this so as to prevent visitors from wasting their time in searching for it all over the galleries.
See below. The stout gentleman appears to feel some discomfort from the heat. That is why the Hanging Committee have thoughtfully suspended some ice over his head. THE FAMOUS MARIONETTE SHOW AT THE QUAI D’ORSAY. Much interest is sure to be taken in this picture, as many people must have been wondering what these world-famous statesmen looked like. Here we have a scene of domestic unhappiness in a Scottish home. The good wife is scandalised by her husband’s levity in dancing on the Sabbath.