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aH his co!!eagues, and to the worid at large; the
man, and not his habiliments, being the feature of
the canvas. In this case the latter course seemed
best both to the artist and the sitter; and so Lord
l'rovost Chishoim elected not to be depicted in the
uniform of the Lord Lieutenant of the county of
Glasgow, but rather chose to stand as in the
councils of the city, with his robes of ofHce worn
over his ordinary morning dress. In the portrait
here reproduced (page 29$) the pose is charac-
teristic, the likeness is most excelient, and the ex-
pression of the face is Hnely caught; for Mr.
. Henderson possesses to the full the faculty some
portrait painters iack of making a portrait like the
subject. The colour scheme of the whoie work is
sober, the ermine of the trimming repeating the
high note of the Provost's white hair and beard,
and contrasting with the quiet purpie of the robes
and the sombre black of the workaday garb beneath.
The exhibition of pictures of 777 Tg/wry.?,
by Mr. James Paterson, A.R.S.A., was of a remark-
abie character. Mr. Paterson is a painter of
great technical skiii. He is a colourist by
instinct, but, more, he is an individualist. He
is no imitator of other rnen's methods, nor is
he content to see things from another painter's
point of view; and his Teneriffe drawings, whiie
conveying to the beholder an excellent idea of
the charm and beauty of that favoured spot, are
no niere bald transcripts of scenery; rather are
they artistic creations, revealing rnuch of the
painter's mind.
H 'l DINBURGH.—Mr. James Guthrie's selec-
) j tion as President of the Royal Scottish
Academy has given the liveliest satis-
^ "* faction wherever the needs and possi-
bilities of the Academy are fully appreciated and
Mr. Guthrie is known. He seems to possess all
"WHITBY JET WORKEES"
f FROM A DRAWING BY H. S. HOFWOOD
297
aH his co!!eagues, and to the worid at large; the
man, and not his habiliments, being the feature of
the canvas. In this case the latter course seemed
best both to the artist and the sitter; and so Lord
l'rovost Chishoim elected not to be depicted in the
uniform of the Lord Lieutenant of the county of
Glasgow, but rather chose to stand as in the
councils of the city, with his robes of ofHce worn
over his ordinary morning dress. In the portrait
here reproduced (page 29$) the pose is charac-
teristic, the likeness is most excelient, and the ex-
pression of the face is Hnely caught; for Mr.
. Henderson possesses to the full the faculty some
portrait painters iack of making a portrait like the
subject. The colour scheme of the whoie work is
sober, the ermine of the trimming repeating the
high note of the Provost's white hair and beard,
and contrasting with the quiet purpie of the robes
and the sombre black of the workaday garb beneath.
The exhibition of pictures of 777 Tg/wry.?,
by Mr. James Paterson, A.R.S.A., was of a remark-
abie character. Mr. Paterson is a painter of
great technical skiii. He is a colourist by
instinct, but, more, he is an individualist. He
is no imitator of other rnen's methods, nor is
he content to see things from another painter's
point of view; and his Teneriffe drawings, whiie
conveying to the beholder an excellent idea of
the charm and beauty of that favoured spot, are
no niere bald transcripts of scenery; rather are
they artistic creations, revealing rnuch of the
painter's mind.
H 'l DINBURGH.—Mr. James Guthrie's selec-
) j tion as President of the Royal Scottish
Academy has given the liveliest satis-
^ "* faction wherever the needs and possi-
bilities of the Academy are fully appreciated and
Mr. Guthrie is known. He seems to possess all
"WHITBY JET WORKEES"
f FROM A DRAWING BY H. S. HOFWOOD
297