International studio (16.1902)

Royal Academy Students


“DETAIL OF THE BOADICEA RELIEF”

BY A. C. WHITE

folded, and is therefore
unable to look about him
with stern disdain, like the
triumphing god in Spenser’s
picture. It is true that the
lion in Mr. Eastman’s work,
and the bold stveep of the
Cupid’s wings, have one
defect; they occupy too
much space, so that one
loses sight of the importance
that Spenser wishes us to
attach to the Lady Amoret
and her attendants, Cruelty
and Despite, -who together
form the great central group
of his allegorical procession.
Still, the panel is a good
one, being rich in decora-
tive feeling.
A hope may now be expressed that the Royal
Academy, in the next students’ exhibition, will act
—^-not as a private society that confers a favour with
reluctance, but as a national institution that feels
called upon to invite the closest public attention to its
methods. At present, with a wrant of thoroughness
that seems discourteous, many necessary things are

left undone. To give but one example, the only
exhibitors mentioned by name are the few prize-
winners, so that interested visitors are put to much
trouble if they wish to find out who “ No. 3 ” or
“ No. 4 ” may be, when he is not merely a number,
like a chance in a lottery, or like a doll hanging on
a Christmas-tree. W. S. S.


“ BOADICEA URGING THE BRITONS TO
AVENGE HER OUTRAGED DAUGHTERS”

BY STANLEY YOUNG