By permission of Mr. John Hogg.
From his earliest practice of art he devoted much time to water colour painting, and was elected, on his first "sending in," to the Royal Water Colour Society, where he at once became one of its most prominent members, producing, year by year, landscapes of singular beauty. He also painted several important landscapes in oil, which called forth much attention at the Grosvenor and at the New Gallery, and for some years now has had the distinction of A.R.A. as an affix to his name.
It has always been a pleasant memory to us in having had it in our power to be of some service to this talented artist when he started on "the battle of life."
We became possessed of several of his very charming water colour drawings, one of the most important being two beautiful rustic children looking at a dead robin lying on the snow; another, "An Old Wooden Bridge," the design of which he used in illustrating one of Jean Ingelow's poems; and "A Storm at Sea," which is an exquisite piece of colour.
"Then calling to his henchman red,
'Slit me the throat of the Priest,' he said;
'His red heart's blood shall flow before
A gracious sacrifice to Thor.'"
"Hahon."—Robert Buchanan.
By Edward Dalziel.