Academy Pictures in 1872
Punch was a great Londoner, and his enthusiasm for an artist who was able to perpetuate the romance and magic of the "ancient river" carries weight. He scores some palpable hits, again, in the "Academy Rhymes," published in 1872, which begin:—
Bad pictures hot!
Bad pictures cold!
Bad pictures such a lot!
So well sold!
This shaft is especially aimed at Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A., and Mr. James Sant, R.A. Millais's famous Hearts are Trumps is neatly hit off in the quatrain:—
Liz, Di, and Mary, cool and airy,
How does your garden grow?
Azaleas in clumps, and hearts for trumps,