4. Exhibition of the Royal Academy opens, at the National Gallery.
408. Portrait of the President. ☞
R.A.'s are raised to power: and, presto, bang!
"On inner walls the cry is still 'they hang;'"
While many a heavy sigh the artists fetch,
"To have them hang our pictures is no ketch."
For half their sins did justice prompt the elves,
Half the R.A. array would hang themselves!