ROYAL ACADEMY—SECOND DEPRESSIONS.

Study of a child, some goats and a horse. The horse is full of fire and looks as if he had just sprung from his rockers.

“Double or Quit.” A sporting offer by a profiteering landlord.

Fair Rosamond. “Oh, my goodness! Is that a dagger?”

Queen Elinor. “Quite right, but it’s only to heighten the dramatic effect. I knew you would prefer poison.”

The exhausted sitter and the inexorable artists.

Prehistoric prize-fighters removing a heavy-weight champion after his defeat.

Window-dressing is now one of the fine arts. A charming group of wax figures made to the order of Messrs. Whiteridge.

Excited Bather. “Something queer about these rocks. One of them is tickling me on the back!”